Human Depravity Quotes

#1. The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be abused by human depravity; and that they may even, in some instances be made subservient to the vilest purposes.

George Washington

#2. To me there's only one form of human depravity-the man without a purpose.

Ayn Rand

#3. Indeed, we often so live as though we had no spirit in us, and the highest degree of human depravity is manifested by the fact that the spirit is completely stifled and the man becomes as though he were flesh alone.

John Of Kronstadt

#4. The shop was a monument to uninhibited human depravity, the kind that scars souls with permanent shadows. I

Bobby Adair

#5. We must recognize that if we feel helpless when facing the record of human depravity, there was always a point at which any particular scene of madness could have been stopped.

Robert H. Abzug

#6. To read of human depravity in the police reports is one thing, to see it fall like a black shadow across one's life is another.

William John Locke

#7. It's great that I can look up a fact instantly on my cellphone, but I miss the days in my room with a dog-eared, text-heavy paperback, immersed in the statistics of crime and punishment and lunacy, completely alone with the narrative of human depravity.

Russell Smith

#8. The hand entrusted with power becomes, either from human depravity or esprit de corps, the necessary enemy of the people

Wendell Phillips

#9. Edward turned to Miss Marple. "It's like this, you see. As Uncle Mathew grew older, he got more and more suspicious. He didn't trust anybody." "Very wise of him," said Miss Marple. "The depravity of human nature is unbelievable.

Agatha Christie

#10. Rayne, why is it you feel the need to argue with every single thing I say?"
"Because every single thing you say is usually stupid and ridiculous.

Mari Mancusi

#11. The depravity which sin has produced in human nature extends to the whole of it. There is no part of man's nature which is unaffected by it. Man's nature is all of a piece, and what affects it at all affects it altogether

James Denney

#12. I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, and the one great instinct of revenge, for which no means are venomous enough, or secret, subterranean and small enough - I call it the one immortal blemish on the human race.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#13. The art depicts duplicity and depravity," he said, "but its purpose is to counteract the human tendency to fill in the blanks with goodness. We do that instinctively, and in ignorance, to compensate for breaches of the soul so deplorable that we can barely fathom them." I

Anne McAneny

#14. Everyone who wades through time eventually gets dragged out to sea by the undertone,

John Green

#15. It appears an extraordinary thing to me, that since there is such a diabolical spirit in the depravity of human nature, as persecution for difference of opinion in religious tenets, there never happened to be any inquisition, any auto da fe, any crusade, among the Pagans.

Laurence Sterne

#16. I didn't feel like a big fat idiot anymore. And I didn't feel like a hard-ass motherfucking Amazonian queen. I felt fierce and humble and gathered up inside, like I was safe in this world too.

Cheryl Strayed

#17. I am bound to the doctrine of the depravity of the human heart, because I find myself depraved in heart, and have daily proofs that in my flesh there dwelleth no good thing.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#18. You feel good while you're running and you feel even better when you're finished.

Fred Lebow

#19. It is not depravity that afflicts the human race so much as a general lack of intelligence.

Agnes Repplier

#20. Every artifact of human culture is a positive response to God's general revelation and simultaneously a rebellious assertion against His sovereign rule over us.

Timothy Keller

#21. I am, after all, a thriller writer. I routinely delve into the darkest chambers of the human heart. I've written about murder, kidnapping, depravity, horror, violence, and disfigurement.

Harlan Coben

#22. (If I looked like you, Debra, I'd masturbate all the time

Jess Walter

#23. What you might see as depravity is, to me, just another aspect of the human condition.

Asia Argento

#24. I like to know what's happening to prepare myself. I make up scenarios in my mind about what may happen. This helps me cope.

Tina J. Richardson

#25. Reappraise the past, re-evaluate where we've been, clarify where we are, and predict or anticipate where we are headed ...

Toni Cade Bambara

#26. In Truth, none seem to have any Title to assert Human Nature to be necessarily and universally evil, but those whose own Minds afford them one Instance of this natural Depravity.

Henry Fielding

#27. I don't diet and exercise. I eat and train.

J.R. Rim

#28. The gospel proceeds on the basis of universal depravity; the gospel assimilates all varieties of human nature into one common experience of guilt and need and helplessness; and this is just what you do not like about it.

William Morley Punshon

#29. I was always into performing and dancing as a kid and acting was a safe place to have all my feelings, which is good as a child.

Bella Heathcote

#30. "Secret migration" across borders is a form of human degradation and evidence of the depravity of the human conscience.

Hassan Blasim

#31. Lieutenant al-Kaseasbeh's dedication, courage and service to his country and family represent universal human values that stand in opposition to the cowardice and depravity of ISIL, which has been so broadly rejected around the globe.

Barack Obama

#32. I know now, from experience, that the path to joy winds through this dark valley. I think every well-adjusted human being has dealt squarely with his or her own depravity.

Donald Miller

#33. He who is able to lift heavy weights is strong;
he who is able to carry heavy burdens is great.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#34. Who planted terrorism in our area? Some came and took our land, forced us to leave, forced us to live in camps. I think this is terrorism. Using means to resist this terrorism and stop its effects - this is called struggle.

Leila Khaled

#35. Though the outside of human life changes much, the inside changes little.

Edith Hamilton

#36. My admiration for 'Mary Tyler Moore' is very, very big because they went out on top.

Kevin Spacey

#37. I always liked 'Green Lantern,' but I wasn't necessarily a diehard fan. I read stories here and there when I came across them.

Cullen Bunn

#38. When I visited the Water Institute's Baton Rouge offices overlooking the Mississippi River, I couldn't find a drop of the charged politics that drives so many environmental conversations in Washington.

Nina Easton