Men Quotes

Men take the oddest satisfaction in feeling superior without knowing that most of the time they are being utterly predictable.

Since the dawn of time man understands that suffering, faced with no fear, is his passport to freedom.

It is not suprising that the banking concept of education regards men as adaptable, manageable beings.

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.

The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between its men and its women.

A word of advice. If, as a young man, student, you are tormented by a desire for women, it is best to get out into the fresh air as much as possible.

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

He gave man speech, and speech created thought, Which is the measure of the universe.

There is no real wealth but the labour of man.

Man is of soul and body, formed for deeds Of high resolve; on fancy's boldest wing.

Your great glory is not to be inferior to what you have been given by nature, and the greatest glory of a woman is to be least talked about by men, whether theyare praising or criticizing you.

She is best who is least spoken of among men, whether for good or evil.

Falling in love with another man is like falling into a vast vat of yourself. For some men this is ultimately nourishing, for others . . . it is drowning.

Without game, men prey on each other.

In my time, we served with noble and ethical leaders: Gerry Ford, Bob Michael, John Rhodes, men of impeccable honesty. We didn't have anybody locked up for a violation of ethics.

One cannot hire a hand; the whole man always comes with it.

People are first and foremost Republicans, first and foremost Anarchists, first and foremost a man or woman, and that is a mistake. It hurts the individual and it hurts the whole.

Other religions are stories of man's search for God. The Bible is the story of God's search for man.

Of all parties I now see only one party- The Anarchist- which respects human life, and loudly insists upon the abolition of capital punishment, prison torture and punishment of man by man altogether.

We take men for what they are worth - and that is why we hate the government of man by man, and that we work with all our might - perhaps not strong enough - to put an end to it.

It’s a rare man who is taken for what he truly is.

If penicillin had been judged by its toxicity to guinea pigs, it might never have been used by man.

I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a congress.

Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor.

The stupidity of a stupid man is exercised in a restricted field; the stupidity of an intelligent man has a much wider diffusion, and a far greater effect, aided as it is by the element of surprise.

I am the bridge between the bleeding edge and the dead center. I stand between the Wizard of Oz and the man behind the curtain. I am the curtain.

Medicine is not about conquering diseases and death, but about the alleviation of suffering, minimising harm, smoothing the painful journey of man to the grave.

Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable?

One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.

There is poetry in a pork chop to a hungry man.

Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We love them; they are brave, proud, beautiful, and clever.

Every present occasion will catch the senses of the vain man; and with that bridle and saddle you may ride him.

Man's destiny lies half within himself, half without. To advance in either half at the expense of the other is literally insane.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Prayer is not conquering God's reluctance, but taking hold of God's willingness.

A passport picture is a photo of a man that he can laugh at without realizing that it looks exactly the way his friends see him.

Just because I have rice on my clothes doesn't mean I've been to a wedding. A Chinese man threw up on me.

This man I was going with asked me for my finger measurements. I thought he was going to buy me a ring for Christmas, but he gave me a bowling ball.

If the woman picks the wrong man, that's not society's problem. That's her problem.

We can better see what we don't have. The other man's grass is always greener and now we can actually go and visit his grass much more and feel the absence of green in our own lives.

Brave men are brave from the very first. [Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]

Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.

It is God that accomplishes all term to hopes, God, who overtakes the flying eagle, outpasses the dolphin in the sea; who bends under his strength the man with thoughts too high.

We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more.

Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.

Do not reproach a man with his misfortunes, fearing lest Nemesis may overtake you.

... Societies aren t made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters, by turning the scale one way or another, determine the direction of the whole.

Not only is the old man twice a child, but also the man who is drunk.

As the government is, such will be the man.

Nothing is more unworthy of a wise man, or ought to trouble him more, than to have allowed more time for trifling, and useless things, than they deserve.

Men of sound sense have Law for their god, but men without sense Pleasure.