A man finds himself, to his great astonishment, suddenly existing, after thousands and thousands of years of non-existence: he lives for a… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Unless the human race perspire more than I do, there is no occasion to live by the sweat of their brow. If… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If much in the world were mystery the limits of that world were not, for it was without measure or bound and… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Human beings consider themselves satisfied only compared to some other condition. A man who has owned nothing but a bicycle all of… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
For me, whatever the outcome, it's nice to sit back to something and say, "Man, I'm really proud of that. I'm real… — Mike Vogel Copy Share Image
Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration, recognition, respect, and the… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
Women intrinsically understand human dynamics, and that makes them unstoppable. Unfortunately, the average man is less adroit at fostering such rivalries, which… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
American men are allotted just as many tears as American women. But because we are forbidden to shed them, we die long… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
The one man other than my father who made the most lasting impression was an uncle, Serge B. Benson. He taught me… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Now, it is very necessary that we should not flinch from seeing what is vile and debasing. There is filth on the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Ram Dass, Krishna Dass, we all spoke through interpreters. There were good interpreters there, educated people in India speak English but Maharaji… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
The frequency of personal questions grows in direct proportion to your increasing girth. . . . No one would ask a man… — Jean Marzollo Copy Share Image
Hackberry Holland's greatest fear was his fellow man's propensity to act collectively, in militaristic lockstep, under the banner of God and country.… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
The purest evil that human efforts could attain, in other words, was probably achieved by those men who made their wills the… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
Nature is no sentimentalist, - does not cosset or pamper us. We must see that the world is rough and surly, and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A young man who had been troubling society with impalpable doctrines of a new civilization which he called "the Kingdom of Heaven"… — George William Russell Copy Share Image
As long as a man is persuaded that he can make even the smallest contribution to his salvation, he remains self-confident and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I wanna hear it, I wanna hear it from each and every one of you. I wanna hear it from the kids,… — The Miz Copy Share Image
To me, a lady is not frilly, flouncy, flippant, frivolous and fluff-brained, but she is gentle, she is gracious, she is godly… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
SHE is neither pink nor pale, And she never will be all mine; She learned her hands in a fairy-tale, And her… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
A man who from the beginning has long been soaked in the languid atmosphere of a woman, the scent of her hands,… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
No adversity is in kind or degree peculiar to us; but if we survey the conditions of other men (of our brethren… — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
You need a human story to intersect those points of interest with real stakes on the line, and then things start to… — Jon Spaihts Copy Share Image
It is common to assume that human progress affects everyone - that even the dullest man, in these bright days, knows more… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Since men cannot create new forces, but merely combine and control those which already exist, the only way in which they can… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
One word is too often profaned For me to profane it, One feeling too falsely disdain'd For thee to disdain it. One… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
As the mother of a son, I do not accept that alienation from me is necessary for his discovery of himself. As… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
“I was terrified as only grown men and women can be when they wake up in the middle of the night and… — M. Ageyev Copy Share Image
When the hearthfire turns to blue, what to do? what to do? run outside, run and hide when his eyes are black… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of… — Hamilton Wright Mabie Copy Share Image
Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a watertight excuse for making money hand over fist. Greed may… — Eva Figes Copy Share Image
In the life of every man there are sudden transitions of feeling, which seem almost miraculous. At once, as if some magician… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Many short-sighted fools think that going to the Moon was just a stunt. But the astronauts knew the meaning of what they… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I don't believe in Gods and devils. I think it's man-made stories to try and help people understand where all this came… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
It would truly be a fine thing if men suffered themselves to be guided by reason, that they should acquiesce in the… — Francois de la Noue Copy Share Image
A general in time of war is constantly bombarded by reports both true and false; by errors arising from fear or negligence… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Sorry to disappoint the liberals who tuned in tonight to gloat about Obama's lead in every poll, but I am not worried.… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I like America anyway. In Japan we are much more formal. If two friends are separated for a long time and they… — Sessue Hayakawa Copy Share Image
