Men Quotes · Page 1,099

Do no dishonor to the earth lest you dishonor the spirit of man.

— Henry Beston

I grew up in New York wanting to be like those funny men in the movies and on the radio.

— George Carlin

If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

— Edgar Allan Poe

A woman tries to get all she can out of a man, and a man tries to get all he can into…

— Isaac Goldberg

Scatman, fat man, black and white and brown man, tell me 'bout the color of your soul.

— Scatman John

I think God rarely gives to one man, or one set of men, more than one great moral victory to win.

— Lucy Stone

Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...

— Terry Pratchett

Men cannot conceive of a state of things so fair that it cannot be realized.

— Henry David Thoreau

Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of mercy in petitions, and returning it in praises; it…

— Matthew Henry

But, gentlemen, can any of us say that as a result of such overwhelming sacrifices of money, of men, of ideals, and…

— Henry Campbell-Bannerman

We have to change this whole earth into a tremendous festival, and it is possible because man brings all that is needed…

— Rajneesh

Men always believe they are in control of everything around them. When they find out they are not, they think they have…

— Robert Jordan

By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men…

— James Monroe

Do you think that a man is renewed by God's Spirit, when except for a few religious phrases, and a little more…

— Charles Kingsley

Women have in their natures something akin to owls and fireflies. While men grow stupid and sleepy towards evening, they become brighter…

— Abba Louisa Goold Woolson

The desire to build a house is the tired wish of a man content thenceforward with a single anchorage. The desire to…

— Arthur Ransome

It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into…

— Benjamin Franklin

When we want culture more than potatoes, and illumination more than sugar-plums, then the great resources of a world are taxed anddrawn…

— Henry David Thoreau

Yet I experienced sometimes that the most sweet and tender, the most innocent and encouraging society may be found in any naturalobject,…

— Henry David Thoreau

Would you consider a man or a woman to be complicated? Is it that difficult to understand both the sexes? We say…

— Indira Gandhi

It is conceivable that God might have ordained to preach the Gospel directly to man through dreams, visions and revelations. But as…

— J. Oswald Sanders

What second love could she [Olympias] make out of her ruined first love? The second love that most women make out of…

— Laura Riding

What our grandmothers told us about playing hard to get is true. The whole point of the game is to impress and…

— Helen Fisher

If the economy of today were operating close to capacity levels with little unemployment, or if a sudden change in our military…

— John F. Kennedy

Nobody knows anything, but I, knowing nothing, am the smartest man in the world.

— Socrates

A homeless man standing at the off-ramp: the question in these moments isn't whether Jesus is in Him, but in me.

— Mark Hart

A skilful man reads his dreams for his selfknowledge; yet not the details, but the quality.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.

— Edith Sitwell

Angels contented with their face in heaven, Seek not the praise of men.

— John Milton

It is part of the poet's work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees.

— Edith Sitwell

Man, like the generous vine, supported lives; the strength he gains is from the embrace he gives.

— Alexander Pope

Which would be worse, to live as a monster or to die as a good man?

— Dennis Lehane

Most married men are completely jealous of my existence - the way it's designed. As far as, surrogate wife, surrogate kids.

— Bruce Buffer

Men are often a lot less vindictive than women are, because we are rejected constantly every day.

— Warren Farrell

I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on…

— Maya Angelou

As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.

— Sydney Smith

Don't try to teach men how to do anything in public. They can learn in private; in public they have to know.

— Rita Rudner

Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man.

— Edward Weston

If none were to have Liberty but those who understand what it is, there would not be many freed Men in the…

— E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

Whatever their future, at the dawn of their lives, men seek a noble vision of man's nature and of life's potential.

— Ayn Rand