The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.

Beethoven's symphonies are not 'relaxing.' They are the most exciting things that have ever been created by a human being.

Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.

Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being.

It would be really wonderful if people connected to the loneliness of what it means to be a human being in the world today.

I never get upset about what I read in the newspaper. I realize that every human being can make a difference in this world.

Is Wagner a human being at all? Is he not rather a disease? He contaminates everything he touches - he has made music sick.

The writing became a hobby in the background: it took a back seat to parenthood and being a person and being a human being.

My daughter's 19. I'm not asking her to develop as an artist. I'm just asking her to develop as a full person, human being.

I dislike the concept of 'chic' being the highest compliment for a human being. I'd rather someone be nice than to be chic.

Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.

I think confidence is the most appealing quality in any human being or any artist; that's what really attracts us to people.

I have the luxury of being a little boy... To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is acting.

At the end of the day, I'm a human being and I just think that's what it is. Challenging stereotypes by just being who I am.

One common desire that every human being has is to love and be loved. At the end of our lives, it's how we measure our lives.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.

You can get an idea of human nature only when you can see the relationship of the individual human being to the whole cosmos.

We are all different. There is no such thing as a standard or run-of-the-mill human being, but we share the same human spirit.

Every music - except dance music, which is for dancing, I suppose - is for the spirit of the human being, and not for the body.

I wanted to fight in the Iraq war because I felt like I had an obligation as a human being to help free people from oppression.

Do not take yourself too seriously. You have to learn not to be dismayed at making mistakes. No human being can avoid failures.

I am emotional, honest, and sensitive and a great human being because of my dad. Tough and independent woman because of my mom.

I love theater. I love sitting in an audience and having the actors right there, playing out what it means to be a human being.

I could find faults with all my albums because that's just a part of being an artist - it's hard being a human being, isn't it?

Every human being is searching for a deep sense of meaning, and yet we're all chasing success. We've confused one for the other.

What the human being sees, what is poured into his environment, becomes a force in him. In accordance with it, he forms himself.

Beelzebub is the isolated part of the human being. This part or this real human being has been obscured by religious structures.

I feel like if you're a really good human being, you can try to find something beautiful in every single person, no matter what.

I still feel insecure all the time. I feel like it's just a part of being a human being... I just learned normal is very boring.

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.

I'm learning all the time. I'm evolving all the time as a human being. I'm getting better, I hope, in all of the important ways.

I disoriented myself from everything about being a human being and just played and played and played and sang and sang and sang.

Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.

The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; his heart is an abyss which can only be filled by that which is godly.

I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is.

When you are up close to an opera singer, hearing this incredible volume of noise coming from a human being - it's beyond belief.

No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so.

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.

Each human being exists because there's something they have to offer for the evolution of the universe that only they can fulfill.

It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being.

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.

George Clooney is a super-human, he's just such an amazing human being, he taught me how to be a better person and a better actor!

You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second.

I learned that not everyone values life like we do in America, or the rights that are endowed to every human being by a loving God.

I believe that every human being is sufficiently depraved that when we get to Heaven, no one will be able to say, 'I merited this.'

I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living.

I practice stoic philosophy. As a human being, you may have emotions, but these don't need to affect your soul. The two are not one.

I believe that we all have the potential to love any human being, and that just love who you wish and celebrate it the best you can.

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