History Quotes / HumansAreFlawed

->''"We’re flawed, people are. We’re damaged. We come into the world nearly perfect, naked, and happy and then life delivers the beatdown. It kicks our asses and makes us feel like shit. It does permanent damage. Bad luck, people, our own mistakes. I want to work hard at things I love, find the good, be one of the people who ''fix'' instead of ''break.''"''

->''"The only much-needed detour from the straightforward plot of the film is when Creator/JoePantoliano's Cypher, the bald IT guy of the ''Nebuchadnezzar'', betrays the human resistance and kills two of his friends for the off chance of [[FoodAsBribe tasting steak again]], a decision I'm not sure I can fault him on. His turncoat moment also gave the story some depth by showing that, in the war between [[ManVersusMachine man and machine]], not all humans are automatically good."''

->''"I don't believe in humanity... But I believe in the potential of humanity."''
-->-- '''Sora''' to Jibril, ''Literature/NoGameNoLife''

->'''Cyber-Controller:''' I will bring peace to the world, everlasting peace, and unity, and uniformity.\\

'''Cyber-Controller:''' What is your name?\\

'''Cyber-Controller:''' A redundant title. Doctors need not exist. Cybermen never sicken.\\

->''"I sought to create a stronger human being, but there's no such thing! Human beings are weak, pathetic, feeble-minded creatures... why be human at all, when we can be so much '''more'''?"''
-->--'''The Lizard''', ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan''

->''"Humans are suspicious and jealous creatures. When they see something perfect, they wanna find a flaw."''
-->-- '''Heiji Hattori''', ''Manga/CaseClosed''

->''"I'm a humanist. Maybe the last humanist. Who, in their right mind, Kevin, could possibly deny the 20th century was entirely ''mine''?"''
-->-- '''[[{{Satan}} John Milton]]''', ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate''

->MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be.\\
His chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Canada]].
-->-- ''Literature/TheDevilsDictionary''

->''"I am looking at things from a much higher perspective than you. I observe this world, this universe, the truth of all things. And I have realized that humans must be destroyed. Out of all which the gods have made, humans are their sole failure. In order to make this world, this universe, [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans into a beautiful utopia]], I must [[KillAllHumans remove humanity]], in place of the gods who refuse to admit their mistake."''
-->-- '''Goku Black''', ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''

->'''Cornelius:''' You don't like them very much, do you?\\
'''Zira:''' Who?\\
'''Cornelius:''' Humans.\\
'''Zira:''' We've met hundreds since we've been here, and I trust... three.
-->-- ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes''

->'''Tarkan:''' Funny, isn't it? How much the world has changed. Everything that used to be so important — land, resources. Overpopulation, religion. Those things that once divided us all seem so petty now. Maybe humans are at our best when we're facing a common threat. I don't know. What do you think?\\
'''Emma Russell:''' I don't think anything's changed. Nothing at all.
-->-- ''[[Franchise/MonsterVerse Godzilla: Aftershock]]''

->''"Darwin was wrong. Man's still an ape."''
-->-- '''E.K. Hornbeck''', ''Theatre/InheritTheWind''

->''"We are afraid of everything, brother, as all mortals are. And, we want everything. As if immortality is granted to us."''
-->-- '''Petr''', ''VideoGame/{{Pathologic}}''

->"I wonder if Satan ever gets tired of winning."
-->--AltText to [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/prayer-4 Prayer 4]], ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal''

->''"Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:\\
Believing that [[TheSocialDarwinist personal gain is made by crushing others]];\\
Worrying about things [[SkewedPriorities that cannot be changed or corrected]];\\
Insisting that a thing [[ItWillNeverCatchOn is impossible because we cannot accomplish it]];\\
Refusing [[AHouseDivided to set aside trivial preferences]];\\
Neglecting [[TooDumbToLive development and refinement of the mind]];\\
Attempting [[AssimilationPlot to compel others to believe and live as we do]]."''
-->-- '''Creator/{{Cicero}}'''

->''"...it is gratuitous to advise any human being to look out for himself. [[ShapedLikeItself You can be sure that he will]]. It is far more difficult to persuade him to help his neighbor to build a dam or to defend a town or to give food he has accumulated to the victims of a famine."''
-->-- '''Creator/GoreVidal''' [[http://www.esquire.com/features/gore-vidal-archive/comment-0761 on]] ''Literature/AtlasShrugged''

->'''Gabriel:''' The sad reality of any society is that you make rules for the idiots, and they'll always hinder the normal people. It's like bar work: you have to have a big pile of rules. They shouldn't have to be there.\\
'''[[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee]]:''' So, do you long to live in a world '''''[[VideoGame/BioShock1 WHERE THE GREAT WILL NOT BE CONSTRAINED BY THE SMALL!?]]'''''\\
'''Gabriel:''' No, I'd long to live in a world where the great assist the small to become great.\\
'''Yahtzee:''' Ohhh, well, what if the great have ''better'' things to do? Like all the ''GREAT'' things they do to make them ''GREAT''?
-->-- ''LetsPlay/LetsDrownOut'' ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QMYnK_va44#t=1030s Smash T.V.]]''

->So many of [[Creator/CharlieBrooker Brooker]]'s characters are forced to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone face the monstrosity of their own actions]] -- done [[ObliviouslyEvil while looking through a filter]]; a theme Brooker has explored since [[Recap/BlackMirrorTheNationalAnthem the first episode]]: the entire population of Great Britain, punished for entertaining an idea so ugly and ridiculous it can only be a joke... until it becomes real. The metaphor unsheared. The distance between actor and act finally closed. And we're back to the start, [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} the original science-fiction tragedy]]: a new discovery, the [[LackOfEmpathy failure of empathy]], and a brand-new form of cruelty.\\
Brooker's tech isn't broken; his ''people'' are.
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Kyle "Oancitizen" Kalgren]]''' on ''Series/BlackMirror''

Believing that [[TheSocialDarwinist personal gain is made by crushing others;]]\\
Worrying about things [[SkewedPriorities that cannot be changed or corrected;]]\\
Insisting that a thing [[ItWillNeverCatchOn is impossible because we cannot accomplish it;]]\\
Refusing [[AHouseDivided to set aside trivial preferences;]]\\
Neglecting [[TooDumbToLive development and refinement of the mind;]]\\
Attempting [[AssimilationPlot to compel others to believe and live as we do.]]"''

-->--'''Ax,''' ''Literature/{{Animorphs}} #52: The Sacrifice''

->'''[[ComicBook/WonderWoman Diana]]''': A hundred years ago I walked away from mankind, from a century of horrors... Men made a world where standing together is impossible.\\
'''[[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bruce]]''': Men are still good: we fight, we kill, we betray one another... But we can rebuild. We can do better. We will. We ''have'' to.

->{{Utopia}}. Said aloud, it evokes Heaven on Earth... yet the word means both "good place" and "no place," an ideal unreachable. Even in the naming of it, we refuse to believe. And yet, we will forever seek Utopia, [[AmbitionIsEvil driven always to want more]], [[{{Greed}} no matter how much we have]]. It is among the grandest of human ironies that our very drive to find Utopia has kept us from abiding there.
-->--'''Sofia Lamb,''' ''VideoGame/Bioshock2''

->''“Humans are harsh creatures, but they have to be because their world is harsh and dangerous. Sometimes in their pursuit to survive, they cross each other, and most times they make friends and can work together, but other times it doesn’t work out and they feel that they have to fight. They are mostly good, I think, but sometimes they just plain old turn bad .... and live to cause other humans misery.”''

->''"Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is half the battle."''
-->-- '''Creator/AlexandreDumas''', ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''

->''"There's so such thing as a perfect person in this world."''

->''"MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be.@@\\
His chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Canada]]."''
-->-- '''Ambrose Bierce''', ''The Devil's Dictionary'' (1911)

-->--'''Goku Black''', ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''

->'''Harry:''' Bad things are inside everyone, I don’t care how gentle or holy or sincere or dedicated you are. There are bad things in there. Lust. Greed. Violence. You don’t need a wicked queen to make that happen. That’s a part of everyone. Some more, some less, but it’s always there.\\
'''The Summer Lady:''' You’re saying that you were wicked from the beginning?\\
'''Harry: '''I’m saying I could have been. I chose something else. And I’m going to continue choosing something else.

->''"Let's say I posed this question to you: 'Can all human souls be bought with money or not?' Now remember, the keyword here is "all". The answer is: 'There are times when you can buy them, and other times, not,' right? The human being... sometimes he'll uphold his pride and conscience even if he's offered ten billion yen, and other times he'll murder someone over one yen."''
-->--'''Izaya Orihara,''' ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''

''This lies beyond our comprehension - why do you not despair?"''

'''Zira:''' We've met hundreds since we've been here and I trust...three.

->"...Humanity is ugly. But individual people have the potential to be beautiful."

-->-- ''[[Franchise/MonsterVerse Godzilla Aftershock]]''

-->--''Literature/TheGulagArchipelago''

->''"People are messy, awkward, sometimes selfish and cruel. But they're trying, and [[KnightInSourArmor I'm going to make sure they have a chance.]]"''

-> ''Yeah, they've had a couple of fights''.\\
''Nobody's perfect, you see!''\\
''[[FantasticAnthropologist Still, I say I'm born with the rights to study whatever I please!]]''

-->-- '''Sora''' to Jibril, ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife''

-->-- '''Petr''', ''{{VideoGame/Pathologic}}''

-->--'''Azeem''', ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''

-->--'''Amy''' to Shadow, ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''

->''"Earth technology and science have progressed [[TheWorldIsNotReady faster than political and social knowledge]]. Purpose of mission: To prevent Earth's civilization from destroying itself before it can mature into a peaceful society."''
-->-- '''Gary Seven''', ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', "Assignment: Earth"

-->-- ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "Where Silence Has Lease"

-->-- Flynn discussing '''CLU''', ''Film/TronLegacy''

-->-- '''{{Metatron}}''' convincing {{God}} to help save humanity from the Darkness, ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', "Don't Call Me Shurley"

->'''Cyber-Controller''': I will bring peace to the world, everlasting peace, and unity, and uniformity.\\
'''The Tenth Doctor''': And imagination, what about that? The one thing that led you here? Imagination, you're killing it dead!\\
'''Cyber-Controller''': What is your name?\\
'''The Tenth Doctor''': I'm the Doctor.\\
'''Cyber-Controller''': A redundant title. Doctors need not exist. Cybermen never sicken.\\
'''The Tenth Doctor''': Yeah, but that's it! That's exactly the point! Oh Lumic, you're a clever man. I'd call you a genius except I'm in the room, but everything you've invented you did to fight your sickness, and that's brilliant! That is so human! And once you've got rid of sickness and mortality, then what is there to strive for, huh? The Cybermen won't advance, you'd just stop! You stay like this forever, a metal earth with metal men and metal thoughts lacking the one thing that makes this planet so alive: PEOPLE! Ordinary, stupid, BRILLIANT people!
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Age of Steel"

-->-- '''{{Creator/Voltaire}}'''

-->-- '''{{Creator/Cicero}}'''

-->--'''David Hume'''

->''"Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without [[HobbesWasRight constraint.]]"''

->''"...it is gratuitous to advise any human being to look out for himself. [[ShapedLikeItself You can be sure that he will.]] It is far more difficult to persuade him to help his neighbor to build a dam or to defend a town or to give food he has accumulated to the victims of a famine."''

->'''Gabriel:''' The sad reality of any society is that you make rules for the idiots, and they'll always hinder the normal people. It's like bar work: You have to have a big pile of rules. They shouldn't have to be there.\\

'''Yahtzee:''' Ohhh, well, what if the great have ''better'' things to do?? Like all the ''GREAT'' things they do to make them ''GREAT''?

-->-- '''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''' [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-movies-plots-given-away-by-characters-names_p2/#ixzz33LuA2LPm on]] ''Film/TheMatrix''

-->-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2013/12/there-should-have-been-another-way.html Dr. El Sandifer]]''' on [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]]

->So many of [[Creator/CharlieBrooker Brooker]]'s characters are forced to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone face the monstrosity of their own actions]] - done [[ObliviouslyEvil while looking through a filter]]; a theme Brooker has explored since [[Recap/BlackMirrorTheNationalAnthem the first episode]]: the entire population of Great Britain, punished for entertaining an idea so ugly and ridiculous it can only be a joke... until it becomes real. The metaphor unsheared. The distance between actor and act finally closed. And we're back to the start, [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} the original science-fiction tragedy]]: a new discovery, the [[LackOfEmpathy failure of empathy]], and a brand-new form of cruelty.
->Brooker's tech isn't broken; his ''people'' are.
-->--'''[[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Kyle "Oancitizen" Kalgren]]''' on ''Series/BlackMirror''

->"One of the things that both annoyed me and propelled me towards the idea of [[{{Transhumanism}} upgrading Humanity wholesale]] was the once popular catch-all beloved of avant-garde playwrights “The Human Condition”. This was the more intellectualized soap opera where the usual suspects were examining their own suffering in terms of “what it means to be Human”. Again, the aspects of the condition tended to be things like jealousy, anger, rage, greed, stupidity, depression, violence… the list continues. In fact, what they generally describe are all the things that make us [[HumansAreBastards sub-Human]]. Things that stem from our evolutionary ancestry. It has been said that we are a halfway stage between apes and angels. I say it is time to edit out the ape and enhance the angelic qualities, which are the things which [[RousseauWasRight truly distinguish us as Human]]. They include rationality, love, compassion, empathy and intelligence. None of which make for good drama or exciting shoot-outs."
-->--[[https://medium.com/@dirk.bruere/why-i-am-a-transhumanist-2196e5ae2a7c Dirk Bruere]] [[DefiedTrope defying this trope]].