The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
I hope I can just be a regular human being to people.
Our dream is to one day uncover the essence of what makes us human.
It's so much more interesting when you're human. I hate making mistakes, but I'm not afraid of 'em.
I've gotten more flack from the remake nature of our 'Being Human' from American audiences than I have from British fans. Every fan of the BBC original that I've bumped into seemed very excited and interested in seeing what we did with it - at least to my face!
The great advantage of being human is that we can employ rational thought and resolve to change our circumstances.
I think it's important to realize that we're all just human. I mean, nobody is supernatural.
... one of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people. [p. 65]
Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we know the things that we think we know.
I went out into the woods for a few days. I just disconnected from everything and allowed myself to be free and be human. Because, that's what makes you really good, if you can be vulnerable, if you can be vulnerable on stage.
When younger, I thought one of the particulars of being "Homo sapiens" was to communicate. I have not learned not to, though I am cautious when I try.
All the seven deadly sins are man's true nature. To be greedy. To be hateful. To have lust. Of course, you have to control them, but if you're made to feel guilty for being human, then you're going to be trapped in a never-ending sin-and-repent cycle that you can't escape from.
Good taste has everything to do with being cultured and being refined, and if art has to do with anything, it has to do with being human.
If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?
Because we're human beings, we're not always going to be perfect.
We've seen that there are a lot of people out there - teenagers in Topeka, housewives in Long Island, millionaire Internet start-up moguls - that all want to connect with each other about what it is to be human.
The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities.
Everyone has days when things can go wrong. That doesn't make you a bad pastry chef - that makes you human.
Our children see us a certain way, and we want to be seen by them in a certain way. I certainly want to be a strong, stable, loving, consistent presence in my children's lives. But we are human beings, too.
We don't wake up happy and looking absolutely perfect and feeling amazing every day, you know? We're only human. So I think, with me, I'm not really scared to let people see that - because it's real.
I think that's what all art is for - for people to express what it is to be human. That's the purpose of it.
They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings?
It is very easy for whites to miss problems that aren’t our own; that’s a function not of being white but of being human.
People are human. There's such a premium today on being perfect. That's just not the way people are.
The truth, of course, is that the only necessary and sufficient condition for human beings to murder one another is the simple fact of being human.
