Ronald D. Moore Quotes

Our dream is to one day uncover the essence of what makes us human.

Obviously the idea of being human is a very human idea.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

I can get very philosophical and ask the questions Keats was asking as a young guy. What are we here for? What's a soul? What's it all about? What is thinking about, imagination?

Science explained people, but could not understand them.

Play the role as a human being... human beings are three-dimensional.

I'm not a machine.

Regardless of what I was and who I am, above all, the most important thing is to remain human.

As humans, we are not so rationalist as we think we are. I think our biggest quality is indeed that we are human, truly human: if our biggest quality would be rationality, we would lose our soul.

They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings?

What exactly is it that humans do that is specifically human? There has to be something. How odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quite sure of what makes people people.

We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives.

I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have to think.

I'm human; that's what people don't realize.

Dost thou know what life is, my child? Hast thou comprehended the action of those springs which produce existence? Hast thou examined thyself?

In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.

What am I? Do I know? I am a man: quite simply, a 'breather.'

I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us.

If we were to lose the ability to be emotional, if we were to lose the ability to be angry, to be outraged, we would be robots. And I refuse that.

No one knows exactly where thought comes from, but it can be said that thought comes from the same place as whatever it is that beats our heart... it comes from being alive.

Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.

People say, like, 'Are you a regular person?' 'Well, I'm not a robot, if that's what you're asking, I really am a person.'

It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.

It is what makes us human, what distinguishes us from other animals. We can be aware of being aware.