„Isn’t every human being both a scientist and an artist; and in writing of human experience, isn’t there a good deal to be said for recognizing that fact and for using both methods?“

„Writing…is an art; and artists…are human beings. As a human being stands, so a human being is….“

—  E.E. Cummings, The Enormous Room

The Enormous Room (1922)

„It’s a thing of beauty, the ability to spin the cloth of reality, and you’re a sucker for it: Isn’t story-telling what being human is all about?“

—  Charles Stross, libro Halting State

Origine: Halting State (2007), Chapter 13, “Jack: In Hell” (p. 96)

„I guess there isn’t a rule book for what might be unacceptable to do to another human being.“

—  Suzanne Collins, libro Il canto della rivolta

Origine: Mockingjay

„The free market’s the best mechanism ever devised to put resources to their most efficient and productive use. … The government isn’t particularly good at that. But the market isn’t so good at making sure that the wealth that’s produced is being distributed fairly or wisely.“

—  Warren Buffett American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist 1930

To Barack Obama, as quoted in The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (2006), Ch. 5
Contesto: The free market’s the best mechanism ever devised to put resources to their most efficient and productive use. … The government isn’t particularly good at that. But the market isn’t so good at making sure that the wealth that’s produced is being distributed fairly or wisely. Some of that wealth has to be plowed back into education, so that the next generation has a fair chance, and to maintain our infrastructure, and provide some sort of safety net for those who lose out in a market economy. And it just makes sense that those of us who’ve benefited most from the market should pay a bigger share. … When you get rid of the estate tax, you’re basically handing over command of the country’s resources to people who didn’t earn it. It’s like choosing the 2020 Olympic team by picking the children of all the winners at the 2000 Games.

„Whatever our purpose, we probably aren’t fulfilling it. We’re not functioning as we should.”
He shrugged at her. “How should we function?”
“Like human beings.” She said it righteously.
“Isn’t that what the human race is already doing? Functioning like human beings—squabbling with each other, killing each other, hating…?”
“That’s not human.”
“Oh, but it is. It’s very human.”
“Well, it’s not what human should be.”
“Now that’s a different story. You’re not talking about what people are, but what you want them to be.”
“Well, maybe we should be what we aren’t because what we are now isn’t good enough. Maybe we should be dismantled.“

—  David Gerrold, libro When HARLIE Was One

“I don’t think we have to worry too much about somebody up there doing it—we’re doing it ourselves.”
Section 8 (p. 39)
When HARLIE Was One (1972)

„Its unacceptable to me, both as an American and as a human being.“

—  Margaret Cho American stand-up comedian 1968

From Her Books, NATIONALISM

„War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.“

—  Woodrow Wilson American politician, 28th president of the United States (in office from 1913 to 1921) 1856 - 1924

„A scientist can pretend that his work isn’t himself, it’s merely the impersonal truth. An artist can’t hide behind the truth. He can’t hide anywhere.“

—  Ursula K. Le Guin, Hainish Cycle

Origine: Hainish Cycle, (1974), Chapter 10 (p. 331)

„Adulthood isn’t an award they’ll give you for being a good child.“

—  Lois McMaster Bujold, Vorkosigan Saga

Vorkosigan Saga, A Civil Campaign (1999)
Contesto: Adulthood isn’t an award they’ll give you for being a good child. You can waste … years, trying to get someone to give that sort of respect to you, as though it were some sort of promotion or raise in pay. If only you do enough, if only you are good enough. No. You have to just … take it. Give it to yourself, I suppose. Say, "I’m sorry you feel like that", and walk away.

„“So it’s false.”
“What isn’t?”
“Intellectual achievement. The exercise of skill. Human feeling.”“

—  Iain Banks, Culture series

Origine: Culture series, The Player of Games (1988), Chapter 1 “Culture Plate” (p. 5).

„“I'm not optimistic,” he said. “The issue clearly flies in the face of the First Amendment. People have a right to tell kids whatever they want about religion.”
“Do they have a right to push human sacrifice?”
“Of course not, Mac. But this isn’t human sacrifice. It’s just a church school.”
“I'm not sure the effect isn’t similar.”“

—  Jack McDevitt American novelist, Short story writer 1935

Origine: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Odyssey (2006), Chapter 34 (p. 314)

„Every human being experiences risks; some of the risks are common to all humans, and some are unique to the life each of us has been given to live. But I know for certain that risk – both it's shadow and its reality – has shaped my life inside and out.“

—  Ben Carson 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon 1951

Origine: Take The Risk (2008), p. 68

„I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being, neither white, black, brown nor red.“

—  Malcolm X American human rights activist 1925 - 1965

Interview http://www.malcolm-x.org/docs/int_pbert.htm for the Pierre Berton Show. Toronto, Ontario, (19 January 1965)
Attributed
Contesto: I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being, neither white, black, brown nor red. When you are dealing with humanity as one family, there's no question of integration or intermarriage. It's just one human being marrying another human being, or one human being living around and with another human being.

„“Something tells me that this isn’t going to be as simple as it looks.”
“What is?” Wald said, raising his eyebrows.
“Nothing, of course. But hope springs eternal in the human spleen.”“

—  James Blish, libro The Quincunx of Time

Origine: The Quincunx of Time (1973), Chapter 7, “A Few Cosmic Jokes” (p. 77)

„Both the Oblation Board and the Specters of Indifference are bewitched by this truth about human beings: that innocence is different from experience. The Oblation Board fears and hates Dust, and the Specters feast on it, but it's Dust both of them are obsessed by.“

—  Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials trilogy

Stanislaus Grumman to Lee Scoresby in Ch. 14 : Alamo Gulch
His Dark Materials, The Subtle Knife (1997)

„Failure isn’t the best teacher. Neither is experience. Only evaluated experience teaches us.“

—  John C. Maxwell American author, speaker and pastor 1947

Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn

„science and religion are intrinsically interconnected both being expressions of the human spirit.“

—  Varadaraja V. Raman American physicist 1932

page 10
Truth and Tension in Science and Religion

„Human beings are endowed by nature with both selfish and unselfish impulses.“

—  Reinhold Niebuhr American protestant theologian 1892 - 1971

Origine: (1932), p.25

„[Teachers] emphasize the human side of science: real activities by real human beings, both today and in specific periods of history. Personal characteristics of scientists, with which students can identify, should be emphasized rather than making scientists seem superhuman or alien.“

—  Jay Lemke American academic 1946

Origine: Talking Science: Language, Learning, and Values. 1990, p. 175-6; as cited in: Hanuscin & Lee (2010)