intrinsic characteristics Quotes

But we are what we are, and humans will always hate.

I am who I am, born that way, and will die that way.

Oh, no. I don't think I've ever really subscribed to that view, that you can turn it on and off like a water tap. Um, you know, I think that there's a whole lot that goes into the makeup of an individual that, uh, you just can't simply say, oh, like, "Tomorrow morning I'm gonna stop being gay." It's like saying, "Tomorrow morning I'm gonna stop being black."

Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.

We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution. By this reflexion we correct those sentiments of blame, which so naturally arise upon any opposition.

You cant reduce me to a set of influences.

One has very little influence upon one's children. Their characters are what they are and one can do nothing to change them.

The lines we draw that make us who we are are potent by virtue of being non-negotiable, and even, at some level, indefensible.