Men Quotes · Page 1,193

A funny thing about women and machines: the combination made men curious.

— Rachel Kushner

To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.

— Herbert Hoover

Greed makes man blind and foolish, and makes him an easy prey for death.

— Rumi

Men ought to become more conscious of their bodies as objects of delight.

— Germaine Greer

If a man does not investigate into the matter of bushido daily, it will be difficult for him to die a brave…

— Kato Kiyomasa

Fear of an enemy can often blind men to other hazards, not least the shape which they themselves make in the world.

— Cormac McCarthy

Our first flat, in South-West London, was a pig-sty. Dec couldn't even cook baked beans. We were like 'Men Behaving Badly.'

— Ant McPartlin

The essence of the Hebrew Bible, transmitted by Christianity, is separation: between life and death, nature and God, good and evil, man…

— Dennis Prager

I've never had a dislike for men. I've been badly treated by some. But I've been loved greatly by some. I married…

— Maya Angelou

Crossing at a ford occurs often in a man's lifetime. It means setting sail even though your friends stay in harbour, knowing…

— Miyamoto Musashi

Christ said, "I and my father are one", and you repeat it. Yet it has not helped mankind. For nineteen hundred years…

— Swami Vivekananda

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him…

— Anonymous

Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

For me, it's interesting because I never thought of myself as an action man, but apparently I can do it, so that's…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

For the self-development of men and women it is absolutely necessary that they should be alone with themselves at least one hour…

— William J. H. Boetcker

It is understandable how some people could give way to this kind of pervasive pessimism, but we speak of a gospel which…

— Neal A. Maxwell

To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan,- The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet…

— Thomas Gray

You never enjoy the world aright, till the Sea itself flowers in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and…

— Thomas Traherne

She would try picturing him in his underwear, but that was even more disturbing since all it did was make her hot…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I can't help but admire the structural linguists who have carved out for themselves a linguistic discipline based on the deterioration of…

— Daniel Keyes

The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and…

— Haile Selassie

Turkey is a complex country. Most readers are women, of all generations, and they are passionate about books. However, the written culture…

— Elif Safak

Why did the generals who have been so ready to term me a complaisant and incompetent yes-man fail to secure my removal?…

— Wilhelm Keitel

In all actuality, we got to do better about preparing our men for their interactions with women.

— Nate Parker

Be good and honest to your fellow man and try to do something good for somebody.

— Ozzy Osbourne

Men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels, rather than elevated apes.

— William Winwood Reade

Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, skeptically of skepticism.

— Blaise Pascal

Throw a lucky man into water and he'll surface with a fish in his mouth.

— Julian Tuwim

I'm not a leading man. I'm a character actor. That's what I want to be.

— Dave Bautista

The only difference between them and my girls is that my girls gave a man his money's worth.

— Polly Adler

Men play harder than they work; women work harder than they play.

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

(Clothes) cannot change a man's nature. He's either kind or he isn't, with or without clothes.

— Bernard Malamud

You don’t pay attention man/that’s why your money is the size of your attention span.

— J Dilla

There's no law on the internet. There's no voice of reason. It's every man for himself!

— Ariel Schulman

I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.

— Bette Davis

The reason why men do not look to the Church today is that she has destroyed her own influence by compromise.

— G. Campbell Morgan

-she remembered them kindly, for there was a sweetness in boys that didn't last long, once they became men.

— Larry McMurtry

Realise well, proud little man that even the highest clouds don't shine! For above all things there lie brightest stars.

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

It is not for its own sake that men desire money, but for the sake of what they can purchase with it.

— Adam Smith