Paradoxically, since gay men rarely have gay parents, cultural transmission must come from friends or strangers (a problem since the generations so… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
I have been speculating last night what makes a man a discoverer of undiscovered things. As far as I can conjecture the… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The greatest power of freedom is to overcome hatred and violence, and turn the creative gifts of men and women to the… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The men who miss success have two general alibis: 'I'm not a genius' is one; and the other, 'There aren't the opportunities… — Charles M. Schwab Copy Share Image
There is nothing to do with men [and women] but to love them; to contemplate their virtues with admiration, their faults with… — Orville Dewey Copy Share Image
As a walled town is more worthier than a village, so is the forehead of a married man more honorable than the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A Jewish man pulls up to the curb and asks the policeman, "Can I park here?" "No" says the cop. "What about… — Henny Youngman Copy Share Image
My personal attitude toward atheists is the same attitude that I have toward Christians, and would be governed by a very orthodox… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Optimism is a tonic. Pessimism is poison. Admittedly, every businessman must be realistic. He must gather facts, analyze them candidly and strive… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
In my early twenties the nature of conservatism itself changed. When I identified as a fourteen-year-old conservative, it was closer to what… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
Do not feed children on a maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature. Let their souls drink in all that is… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
An enormously vast field lies between "God exists" and "there is no God." The truly wise man traverses it with great difficulty.… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Follow, poet, follow right To the bottom of the night, With your unconstraining voice Still persuade us to rejoice; With the farming… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Psychic disturbances are the consequences of the sexual chaos of society. For thousands of years, this chaos has had the function of… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
What is any respectable girl brought up to do but to catch some rich man's fancy and get the benefit of his… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
She broke up with me. Didn't really tell me why. Luckily when you're the guy, you can just tell people she's crazy.… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
“Tell me this. What is it with men and feeling like they have to act like self-destructive superheroes whenever trouble shows up?”… — Andrew Pyper Copy Share Image
It's amazing how quickly human beings adapt, isn't it? It was such a great crew, and David [Lynch] was wonderful to work… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Saw a man in Whole Foods yelling at his son, What are you doing?! You know I don't eat bread!! Is there… — Bob Saget Copy Share Image
“Every man knows that he will die: and nobody believes it. On that paradox stand not only a host of religions but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every affliction tests our will, showing whether it is inclined to good or evil. That is why an unforeseen affliction is called… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
Surely a man has come to himself only when he has found the best that is in him, and has satisfied his… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
War makes monsters of men, you once said to me Todd. Well, so does too much knowledge. Too much knowledge of your… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Off with your hat, as the flag goes by! And let the heart have its say; you're man enough for a tear… — Henry Cuyler Bunner Copy Share Image
All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door. The violence of revolutions is the violence of men who charge… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
We have already reprogrammed the way men are raised, and we have done that drastically, I think. That's what I mean when… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
My favorite thing about being a father is just seeing my kids grow and do some of the same things that I… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
Who is the brave man--he who feels no fear? If so, then bravery is but a polite term for a mind devoid… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
As you get older naked stuff [on film] gets easier. It's more to do with the role than what men in the… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters… — Democritus Copy Share Image
The artist alone among men knows what true humility means. His reach forever exceeds his grasp. He can never be satisfied with… — Rheta Childe Dorr Copy Share Image
We have almost reached the point where praise of rationality is held to mark a man as an old fogey regrettably surviving… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Even as a feminist, my whole life I'd been waiting for a man to love, who could love me. For decades, I'd… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools, that value them by… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
It is only when men associate with the wicked with the desire and purpose of doing them good, that they can rely… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether… — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image