--- title: "19 Man Unique Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 19 Man Unique quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Man Unique sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_excellence_every-great-man-is-unique-2034629_2034629.png" --- > [Every great man is unique.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/every-great-man-is-unique/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_excellence_every-great-man-is-unique-2034629_2034629.png) > [Speech gave man a unique power to lead a double life, he could say one thing and do another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-harvey-robinson/speech-gave-man-a-unique-power-to-lead-a-double-life-he-could-say-one/) [James Harvey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-harvey-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/james-harvey-robinson-24679_double-life_speech-gave-man-a-unique-power-to-lead-a_220401.png) > [Every great man is a unique. The Scipionism of Scipio is precisely that part he could not borrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/every-great-man-is-a-unique-the-scipionism-of-scipio-is-precisely/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_great-man_every-great-man-is-a-unique-the-scipioni_454496.png) > [Man is unique in organizing the mass murder of his own species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/man-is-unique-in-organizing-the-mass-murder-of-his-own-species/) [Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/aldous-huxley-97_mass_man-is-unique-in-organizing-the-mass-mur_1673338.jpg) > [“In life, every man was unique. In death, every man was meat.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-weeks/in-life-every-man-was-unique-in-death-every-man-was-meat/) [Brent Weeks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-weeks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/861/brent-weeks-1256_death_in-life-every-man-was-unique-in-death-ev_2237496.png) > [Meadowlark Lemon is one very clever man, unique and truly one of a kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rooney/meadowlark-lemon-is-one-very-clever-man-unique-and-truly-one-of-a-kind/) [Mickey Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/mickey-rooney-10095_clever_meadowlark-lemon-is-one-very-clever-man_432860.jpg) > [Man is unique in that, unlike animals, he knows he is going to die, and unlike animals he can do something about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-comfort/man-is-unique-in-that-unlike-animals-he-knows-he-is-going-to-die-and/) [Ray Comfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-comfort/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/ray-comfort-8768_animal_man-is-unique-in-that-unlike-animals-he_1627591.jpg) > [Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-bronowski/man-is-unique-not-because-he-does-science-and-his-is-unique-not/) [Jacob Bronowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-bronowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/jacob-bronowski-3073_art_man-is-unique-not-because-he-does-scienc_1257386.png) > [The inventor, the man with a unique, specialized talent, is the only real super-genius. But he is so rare that he needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-schwab/the-inventor-the-man-with-a-unique-specialized-talent-is-the-only/) [Charles M. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-schwab/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/charles-m-schwab-4260_consideration_the-inventor-the-man-with-a-unique-speci_700249.png) > [Man is a unique individual. He can never be put in a system where he becomes just another notch. Another nail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-capra/man-is-a-unique-individual-he-can-never-be-put-in-a-system-where-he/) [Frank Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-capra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/346/frank-capra-12640_individual_man-is-a-unique-individual-he-can-never_1119182.jpg) > [Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/man-s-unique-reward-however-is-that-while-animals-survive-by/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19e/ayn-rand-59_adjusting_man-s-unique-reward-however-is-that-whil_3071807.jpg) > [Man is unique in that he has plans, purpose and goals which require the need for criteria of choice. The need for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/man-is-unique-in-that-he-has-plans-purpose-and-goals-which-require/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b6/george-bernard-shaw-68_choices_man-is-unique-in-that-he-has-plans-purpo_1367191.png) > [Every woman has her unique type of man. Unique love, unique story, unique frustration and unique heartache, but one thing is common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/every-woman-has-her-unique-type-of-man-unique-love-unique-story/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/anonymous-1_being-a-woman_every-woman-has-her-unique-type-of-man-u_2650879.jpg) > [Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/man-s-unique-agony-as-a-species-consists-in-his-perpetual-conflict/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed7/sydney-j-harris-1578_agony_man-s-unique-agony-as-a-species-consists_2685684.png) > [Our thesis is that symbols and myths are an expression of man's unique self-consciousness, his capacity to transcend the immediate concrete situation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rollo-may/our-thesis-is-that-symbols-and-myths-are-an-expression-of-man-s/) [Rollo May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rollo-may/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/rollo-may-1295_aspect_our-thesis-is-that-symbols-and-myths-are_1860582.jpg) > [One of humanity's prime drives is to understand and be understood. All other living creatures are designed for highly specialized tasks. Man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-buckminster-fuller/one-of-humanity-s-prime-drives-is-to-understand-and-be-understood-all/) [R. Buckminster Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-buckminster-fuller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/r-buckminster-fuller-937_affair_one-of-humanity-s-prime-drives-is-to-und_1884766.png) > [Man is unique in creation because he has a sense of justice and truth. We spend billions of dollars each year to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-comfort/man-is-unique-in-creation-because-he-has-a-sense-of-justice-and-truth/) [Ray Comfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-comfort/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/ray-comfort-8768_billions_man-is-unique-in-creation-because-he-has_2233598.jpg) > [“...a large percentage of bright young men and women locate the impetus behind their career choice in the belief that they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/a-large-percentage-of-bright-young-men-and-women-locate-the-impetus/) [David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/david-foster-wallace-161_behinds_a-large-percentage-of-bright-young-men-a_1111090.jpg) > [“Man is neither unique nor central nor necessarily here to stay. But he is a product of circumstances special to the point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ardrey/man-is-neither-unique-nor-central-nor-necessarily-here-to-stay-but-he/) [Robert Ardrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ardrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/robert-ardrey-17947_inspirational-quotes_man-is-neither-unique-nor-central-nor-ne_1590218.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-unique/#itemlist", "name": "Man Unique Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every great man is unique.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/every-great-man-is-unique/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_excellence_every-great-man-is-unique-2034629_2034629.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_excellence_every-great-man-is-unique-2034629_2034629.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_excellence_every-great-man-is-unique-2034629_2034629.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every great man is unique.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Speech gave man a unique power to lead a double life, he could say one thing and do another.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Harvey Robinson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-harvey-robinson/speech-gave-man-a-unique-power-to-lead-a-double-life-he-could-say-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/james-harvey-robinson-24679_double-life_speech-gave-man-a-unique-power-to-lead-a_220401.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/james-harvey-robinson-24679_double-life_speech-gave-man-a-unique-power-to-lead-a_220401.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/james-harvey-robinson-24679_double-life_speech-gave-man-a-unique-power-to-lead-a_220401.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Speech gave man a unique power to lead a double life, he could say one thing and do another.” — James Harvey Robinson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every great man is a unique. 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