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Dormer by name, Dormer by nature: I love to sleep.
Literature seems to offer lessons in human nature that help us decode the world around us and be better friends.
In nature, when you conduct science, it is the natural world that is the ultimate decider in what is true and what is not.
America's presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.
I've lost a lot in life because of my nature.
I think one of the most important directions to be pursued in the 'sciences of human action' is to develop a natural-law ethics based on nature rather than, or at least to supplement, ethics based on theological revelation.
Among intellectuals who consider themselves 'scientific,' the phrase 'the nature of man' is apt to have the effect of a red flag on a bull.
Nature is simply the environment on earth in which man finds himself, and to treat it as a separate being in the image of man is sheer nonsense.
I must not permit the evil capabilities of human nature to sour my faith in the tremendous good that is possible despite the frailty of that nature.
Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.
I'm pro-human. And I think recognizing the human nature of migration is very important.
Presidents have an impact on the nature of our nation.
When we are caught up in the nature of our work and are asked to take on another job or position, rarely do we step back and ask ourselves, 'What do I really want to do? What is it at this point in my career and life that is important to me?'
A lot of people assume that musicians are comrades by nature. It's cutthroat like anything else.
I think it's human nature to say, 'You're a wrestler. That is what you do.' I think it can be hard sometimes for people to understand that you can have more than one thing you like to do.
It's become a cliche to say that a piece of drama is about 'the nature of truth.' But 'Rectify' so openly plays with the slippery nature of memory that the label directly applies.
Socialised humanity represses nature and degrades human nature; it takes life and waters it down - probably to control it - diluting existence with water that is lukewarm, sweet and murky.
Our situations... are very different. The nature of our politics is different. I don't deny, though, that political cycles, which are observable in the United States, are sometimes observable here.
There's been progress toward seeing that nature and culture are not opposing terms, and that wilderness is not the only kind of landscape for environmentalists to concern themselves with.
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