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Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

Quote by Winston Churchill about criticism, attention, pain, body, state, human imperfections, things

The fact that I am the dad is the most surprising thing. I love my family very much. And here's the part where I become the cliche father: I have never in my life thought it was possible to feel such deep love, such an incredible connection to...

Quote by Johnny Depp about angels, family, love, thinking, human imperfections, being, things, life

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.

Quote by Winston Churchill about prosperity, human imperfections

There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone who won't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Quote by Danny DeVito about human imperfections, contentment

I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties.

Quote by Princess Diana about fight, children, public, human imperfections

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Quote by Winston Churchill about conflict, human imperfections

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

Quote by Winston Churchill about human imperfections, life

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

Quote by Charles Dickens about secret, human imperfections

It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.

Quote by Charles Dickens about human imperfections, things, world

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

Quote by Charles Dickens about nature, human imperfections, contentment

There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.

Quote by Charles Dickens about heart, human imperfections

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about human imperfections, mediocrity, genius, talent, nothing

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a monstrous defect, that it is also a crucial survival tool.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about survival, tools, fight, violence, human imperfections

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.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about death, state, human imperfections, being

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about fidelity, nothing, truth, mind, human imperfections

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about gifts, children, nature, human imperfections, man

Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do.

Quote by Glenn Close about adventure, soul, heart, human imperfections

I can make the switch to human any time I want to. People look at me and I know what they're thinking: Tough, demanding, bitch.

Quote by Glenn Close about thinking, human imperfections, time, people

I don't think my characters are all awful and horrible. There are reasons for their behaviour. I have to find what makes them human

Quote by Glenn Close about human imperfections

A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it.

Quote by Hanns Eisler about music, human imperfections, life