Dean Karnazes Quotes

There is the sky, which is all men's together.

All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike.

We are all alike, on the inside.

We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.

It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels they're exactly the same as you.

Running is a simple, primitive act, and therein lays its power. For it is one of the few commonalities left between us as a human race.

No one is ever really a stranger. We cling to the belief that we share nothing with certain people. It's rubbish. We have almost everything in common with everyone.

I think we're all more alike than we want to believe sometimes.

Governments are different, and philosophies are different, but when it comes down to it, a schoolteacher is a schoolteacher is a schoolteacher. A butcher is a butcher is a butcher. We are people. And we are far more common than we ever imagine.

I'm human just like everyone.

There's a universal inside of me. So if I tell my story, you're going to see parts of your story in it. I don't know which parts, but we all overlap. We're all very much alike.

At the end of the day, we are all humans.

Sport crosses party lines and ethnic lines. It occupies a greater realm, and it's all the more disappointing when sports figures turn out to be like everyone else.

I'm no different than you.

I think people are universal.

Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody.

We're all made of the same kind of stuff, and there's none of us made of stuff that's flawless.

Life is lived in common, but not in community.

I've always believed you go to literature to find the shared human experience, not the categorized human experience.

I like finding that common point between another song and my music. It's like between people; you can be of religion or another, from this country or from another country, but we're all basically the same. It's just the same with songs.

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

We need to understand that whatever we do, we're all human beings first.

People are still people no matter how you cut it.

Music is the most powerful form of communication in the world. It brings us all together. Even religion separates us, but a hit record unites us across religious beliefs, race, politics.

Toeing the starting line of a marathon, regardless of the language you speak, the God you worship or the color of your skin, we all stand as equal. Perhaps the world would be a better place if more people ran.