Men Quotes
A satirist is a man whose flesh creeps so at the ugly and the savage and the incongruous aspects of society that he has to express them as brutally and nakedly as possible in order to get relief.
They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
Desire of power, on earth a vicious weed, Yet, sprung from high, is of celestial seed: In God 'tisglory; and when men aspire, 'Tis but a spark too much of heavenly fire.
Virtue without success is a fair picture shown by an ill light; but lucky men are favorites of heaven; all own the chief, when fortune owns the cause.
The brave man seeks not popular applause, Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause; Unsham'd, though foil'd, he does the best he can, Force is of brutes, but honor is of man.
The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, The young men's vision, and the old men's dream!
The elephant is never won by anger; nor must that man who would reclaim a lion take him by the teeth.
You have to be a minor superhero just to get to be a dignified man, and that's kind of exacerbated for men of color.
I am utterly against those confused Olios, into which men put almost all kinds of meats and Roots.
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries.
We live in a hemisphere whose own revolution has given birth to the most powerful force of the modern age; the search for freedom and self fulfillment of man.
We go into space because whatever mankind must undertake, free men must fully share.
I am talking about the general psychological health of the species, man. He needs the existence of mysteries. Not their solution.
Many great works of art have only form, the sculpture of the thing. Color as used to signify realization by men like Titian and Rembrandt, gives greater life and tactile experience to the work.
Only out of stir and change is born new salvation. To deny that is to deny belief in man, to turn our backs on courage!
When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.
Every form of causeless self-doubt, every feeling of inferiority and secret unworthiness is, in fact, man's hidden dread of his inability to deal with existence.
Very few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress.
Young men! it 's a critical thing to go Exactly right with a lady in tow; But when you are in the proper track, Just go ahead, and never look back!
There is religion in everything around us, - a calm and holy religion in the unbreathing things of Nature, which man would do well to imitate.
On leaf of palm, on sedge-wrought roll; on plastic clay and leather scroll, man wrote his thoughts; the ages passed, and lo! the Press was found at last!
Ebonics - or black English, as I prefer to call it - is one of a great many dialects of English. And so English comes in a great many varieties, and black English is one of them.
I believe that the end of things man-made cannot be very far away - must be near at hand.
The best loved man or maid in the town would perish with anguish Could they hear all that their friends say in the course of a day.
The important man is not the artist, but the businessman who, in the marketplace and on the battlefield, holds the reins in his hands.
Satan is inconsistent. He persuades a man not to go to a synagogue on a cold morning; yet when the man does go, he follows him into it.
He makes a beggar first that first relieves him; Not us'rers make more beggars where they live Than charitable men that use to give.
I feel like a man who has had truckloads of filth heaped upon him; I am now asked to struggle to my feet and talk while more truckloads pour more filth around my head.
It has been said that he who was the first to abuse his fellow-man instead of knocking out his brains without a word, laid thereby the basis of civilisation.
When a man talks with absolute sincerity and freedom he goes on a voyage of discovery. The whole company has shares in the enterprise.
If any of you ... have a mind to make himself heard a mile off, you must make a bonfire of your reputations, and a close enemy of most men who would wish you well.
