A man often believes himself leader when he is led; as his mind endeavors to reach one goal, his heart insensibly drags… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
When I wrote the first [Bond novel] in 1953, I wanted Bond to be an extremely dull, uninteresting man to whom things… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Western man represents himself, on the political or psychological stage, in a spectacular world-theater. Our personality is innately cinematic, light-charged projections flickering… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis. Conservatives have their place in the piping times of peace; but… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Men are recognizing that they have been forced to conform to a very narrow and rather two-dimensional picture of maleness and manhood… — Andrew Cohen Copy Share Image
This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what was given, and the other ought… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Man is the summit, the crown of nature's development, and must comprehend everything that has preceded him, even as the fruit includes… — Lorenz Oken Copy Share Image
In order to know what he is, a man must first know what the sum of this mysterious humanity is, a humanity… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
... while our men seem thoroughly abreast of the times on almost every other subject, when they strike the woman question they… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
If you want to be a real human being - a real woman, a real man - you cannot tolerate things which… — Stephane Hessel Copy Share Image
I assure you very explicitly, that in my opinion the conscientious scruples of all men should be treated with great delicacy and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
All "public interest' legislation (and any distribution of money taken by force from some men for the unearned benefit of others) comes… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If our supreme value is the development of the Western tradition - of a man for whom the highest thing in life… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The thoughts of all men arise from the darkness. If you are the movement of your soul, and the cause of that… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
The merest accident of microgeography had meant that the first man to hear the voice of Om, and who gave Om his… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The lower the family income, the higher the probability that the mother must work. Today, 1 out of 5 of these working… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If my lips teach the public that men are made mad by bad treatment, and if the police are taught that they… — Ned Kelly Copy Share Image
In economies in which women work, men and women in relationships make about the same amount of money, or women make more.… — Stephen Marche Copy Share Image
We have the ability to provide clean water for every man, woman and child on the Earth. What has been lacking is… — Jean-Michel Cousteau Copy Share Image
Not to converse with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To converse with a man not worthy of… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Across much of the developing world, by the time she is 12, a girl is tending house, cooking, cleaning. She eats what's… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
A short time ago the demagogues blamed capitalism for the poverty of the masses. Today they rather blame capitalism for the "affluence"… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Nobody can fall so low unless he has a great depth. If such a thing can happen to a man, it challenges… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A woman who is perfectly woman is superior to a man who is imperfectly man, just as a farmer who is faithful… — Julius Evola Copy Share Image
One of the most startling discoveries of my career was when I realized that the strongest women in the world are not… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I am working with the enthusiasm of a man from Marseilles eating bouillabaisse, which shouldn't come as a surprise to you because… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
It was through the Second World War that most of us suddenlyappreciated for the first time the power of man's concentrated efforts… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
Man’s usurpation over nature is an egotism that will destroy human as well as whale kingdoms. … Academies should return to wisdom… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
Shopping seemed to take an entirely too important place in women's lives. You never saw men milling around in men's departments. They… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
I also had to work through the violation of my date rape, my unhealthy relationships with men, my anger toward the people… — Donna Rice Copy Share Image
Will you continue doing goodness even if you know that no one will know them? Will you continue doing kindness even if… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Since the world never faults a man who refuses to yield...it is generally recognized that weak men live in obedience to the… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
And men go about to wonder at the heights of the mountains, and the mighty waves of the sea, and the wide… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging,… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
Italian women are some of the most beautiful in the world. This is why the Vatican is in Italy. If a man… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
...Be holy men and women! Do not forget that the fruits of the apostolate depend on the depth of the spiritual life,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
A small amount of power corrupts a small man absolutely. A little knowledge is dangerous to a little man. To a great… — Leonard J. V. Compagno Copy Share Image
But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Perverted pride is a great misfortune in men; but pride in its original function, for which God created it, is indispensable to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Dear little Swallow,’ said the Prince, ‘you tell me of marvelous things, but more marvelous than anything is the suffering of men… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image