637 quotes found
“Perhaps there is a beast...maybe it's only us.”
“Space is limitless, and so is our appetite to master it.”
“He had traded the lives of people he did not know for those of men he did.That was, he supposed, human nature.”
“We are, however, creatures of containment. We want all things in life packed into boxes that we can label. But just because we have the ability to label it, doesn't mean we really know what's in th...”
“We are only human, and the Gods have fashioned us for love. This is our greatest glory and our greatest tragedy.”
“All life-forms are innocent, but man is the greatest innocent life-form that the universe has ever produced. Man is never created bad, as some primitive revelations claim. Man is both all-capable, ...”
“Men are willing to keep their evil characters if they can but get rid fo their evil reputations. They are scrupulously studious of appearances.”
“All involve risk, uncertainty, and complexity and therefore steps that are worth committing to a checklist and testing in routine care. Good checklists could become as important as doctors and nur...”
“We are all plagued by failures - by missed subtleties, overlooked knowledge, and outright errors. For the most part, we have imagined that little can be done beyond working harder and harder to cat...”
“Instead they choose to accept their fallibilities. They recognised the simplicity and power of using a checklist.”
“It is a futile and ridiculous strugglebut then... it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.”
“How many times have I told you never listen to a person's words; watch their actions to see what is in their heart. A person can say many things they do not mean." Charlie to Beth”
“What was the purpose, then, of everything they taught in here? If it couldn't prevent men from acting like monsters?”
“When you are in a dark place, you tend to sit back and wait for the light to come. But it won't: because, you are the only one who can find your inner light.”
“But the human being likes to be challenged, seeks freedom in adversity.”
“People are simple. People are complicated.”
“Always compete upwards, as otherwise youll find yourself reduced as a human.”
“Bad people take minimal time to coincide their objectives, but good people take for ever to put faith in each others intents.”
“If we deny ourselves the unique human faculty of learning from others mistakes, we deny oneself the chance to be a human.”
“Again and again in his career, Hamilton committed the same political error: he never knew when to stop, and the resulting excesses led him into irremediable indiscretions.”
