The Man Quotes

The esteem of wise and good men is the greatest of all temporal encouragements to virtue; and it is a mark of an abandoned spirit to have no regard to it.

There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.

The man whom nature's self had made to mock herself, and truth to imitate.

Life must go on, Though good men die.

I have been a lucky man. But someone has to be.

Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough to be -- a man.

Every man should be his own guru; every woman her own gurette.

Every man has two vocations: his own and philosophy.

Death is every man's final critic. To die well you must live bravely.

In a nation of sheep, one brave man forms a majority.

Science is an ocean. It is as open to the cockboat as the frigate. One man carries across it a freightage of ingots, another may fish there for herrings.

There is no policy like politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world either to get a good name, or to supply the want of it.

Climate change threatens every man, woman and child.

There was an Old Man of the East, Who gave all his children a feast; But they all ate so much, and their conduct was such, That it killed that Old Man of the East.

There was an Old Man with an owl, Who continued to bother and howl; He sate on a rail, and imbibed bitter ale, Which refreshed that Old Man and his owl.

There was an Old Man of Columbia, Who was thirsty, and called out for some beer; But they brought it quite hot, in a small copper pot, Which disgusted that Man of Columbia.

The lazy man does not, will not, cannot pray, for prayer demands energy.

The man that makes a character, makes foes.

The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.

Affliction is the good man's shining scene; prosperity conceals his brightest ray; as night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.

When the man who ought to want a stock doesn't want it, why should I want it?

Lincoln, the Man of the People

That in the human plan nothing is worth the making if it does not make the man.

There is a natural disposition with us to judge an author's personal character by the character of his works. We find it difficult to understand the common antithesis of a good writer and a bad man.

I'm an old man now. I can't believe it. I'm listening to all sorts because I'm producing people.

what we need in the world is manners ... I think that if, instead of preaching brotherly love, we preached good manners, we might get a little further. It sounds less righteous and more practical.

No, I have never wanted to be a man. I have often wanted to be more effective as a woman, but I have never felt that trousers would do the trick!

I'm not a military man. I wish I were, then maybe I could give some advice.

Drawn to childhood, the old man will seek it in a thousand different ways.

[On her seven-month-old son:] When people see me carrying him in the street they think I'm being attacked by a short, bald man. But it's just me with my little fat child.

Every man born of woman has problems.

Coroners' inquests by learned societies can't make Shakespeare a dead man.

My old man is drunker than a barrel full of monkeys, but my old lady she don't care.

Blue jean baby, LA lady, seamstress for the band. Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man. Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand.

If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican.

The cost of living in sin would make a poor man out of Paul Getty.

In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world.

When you expand the definition of marriage beyond one man and one woman, society can expect other consenting adults in other configurations to say that their choices deserve recognition.

It's taken me to be an older guy, an old man, to have an old man's voice. Because I only liked old men's voices. As a kid, I didn't like pip-squeaked singers.

Ignorance is ugly and is the result of a lack of education. Help change that by spreading knowledge, positivity, & love for your fellow man.

A low capacity for getting along with those near us often goes hand in hand with a high receptivity to the idea of the brotherhood of men.

The perfect man is the true partner. Not a bed partner nor a fun partner, but a man who will shoulder burdens equally with you and possess that quality of joy.

Beware of the man who denounces psychiatrists; / he is afraid.

How do people come up with a date and a time to take life from another man? Who made them God?

The educated man is the man who can do something. The quality of his work marks the degree of his education.

The old man looked at him with his sun-burned, confident loving eyes.

Up the road, in his shack, the old man was sleeping again. He was still sleeping on his face and the boy was sitting by him watching him. The old man was dreaming about the lions.

If he could only see how small a vacancy his death would leave, the proud man would think less of the place he occupies in his lifetime.

A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.

they reminded me of the biggest liar I ever knew personally. Was a farmer, too. Reputation of pretty good farmer at that, but he lied so he had to hire another man to call his pigs.