If labor mainly, or to any considerable degree, serves the purpose of a police, to keep men out of mischief, it indicates… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We have so exalted a notion of the human soul that we cannot bear to be despised, or even not to be… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Swift blazing flag of the regiment,Eagle with crest of red and gold,These men were born to drill and die.Point for them the… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
I have known some men possessed of good qualities which were very serviceable to others, but useless to themselves; like a sun-dial… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Like 'Twin Peaks,' '24,' 'Mad Men,' and 'The Sopranos' before it, 'Downton Abbey' enriches the iconography and collective lore of pop culture.… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
But what man does out of despair, is not necessarily a key to his character. I have always thought that the real… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
When you're a young boy, you're looking at older men for role modelling. Before I loved De Niro, I loved Clint Eastwood;… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Man wants to see nature and evolution as separate from human activities. There is a natural world, and there is man. But… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
I wish that strife would vanish away from among gods and mortals, and gall, which makes a man grow angry for all… — Homer Copy Share Image
Society's double behavioral standard for women and for men is, in fact, a more effective deterrent than economic discrimination because it is… — Anne Wilkes Tucker Copy Share Image
One can make this generalization about men: they are ungrateful, fickle, liars, and deceivers, they shun danger and are greedy for profit;… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The need of an insecure psychiatrist to draw security from a virtuous adjustment to the conventionalities of his time and from a… — Frieda Fromm-Reichmann Copy Share Image
My teacher, my great cello teacher Leonard Rose, was such a great cellist, and nurturing man, very patient. But I grew up… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
Still putting out the O'Reilly fires of me being a traitor and using Casey's name dishonorably, my in-laws sent out a press… — Cindy Sheehan Copy Share Image
Moreover, if great men are the only hope of the Evolutionary Process, they are morally bound to rule over the masses for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But I wasn't happy... when I heard you two had assaulted Castle Macindaw with just thirty men,' [said Halt]. 'Thirty-three,' mumbled Horace...… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
Winning times in the New York City Marathon have not dropped all that much over the years, but rather U.S. runners went… — Alberto Salazar Copy Share Image
Never believe extraordinary characters which you hear of people. Depend upon it, they are exaggerated. You do not see one man shoot… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There is no likelihood of our being able to suppress humanity's aggressive tendencies... Complete suppression of man's aggressive tendencies is not an… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Our happiest times are those in which we forget ourselves, usually in being kind to someone else. That tiny moment of self-abdication… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
God defend me from being an honest man according to the description which every day I see made by each man to… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazarite, to separate himself to the Lord,… — Moses Copy Share Image
Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
A hook shot kisses the rim and hangs there, helplessly, but doesn't drop and for once our gangly starting center boxes out… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
What I will remember most about Mr Mandela is that he was a man whose heart, soul and spirit could not be… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I was a very unpleasant young man. If I met the young Ingmar today I'd say, 'You're very talented and I'll try… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image
I got lost somehow, began staring up her legs. I was always a leg man. It was the first thing I saw… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I said, wouldn't it be nice, instead of having these women fight with each other over men, which seems to be more… — Jennifer Beals Copy Share Image
The man who seeks to please God is the man who people are pleased with. The man who seeks to please others… — Edwin Louis Cole Copy Share Image
To all the world he was the man of violence, half animal and half demon; but to her he always remained the… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The world of Ultimate Spider-Man is funny. I can't imagine a live-action film where he's Principal Coulson and dealing with some of… — Clark Gregg Copy Share Image
Men of vision caught glimpses of truth and beauty shining aloft like stars: and in these glimpses was a new hope for… — Robert Falconer Copy Share Image
If I have a look around at the moment I feel great relief because finally others are entering the limelight. Men like… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
Always carry it in thy mind, and act upon it, as a sure maxim: "That women are timid:" And 'tis well they… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
My career plan at this point is 'Ice Age 5' through '10,' and even '12,' and 'Spider Man' - you know, basically… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I think these things [firearms] were invented by Satan himself, for they can't be defended against with (ordinary) weapons and fists. All… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I believe that it's easier for the woman to submit. That's biblical... God has equipped men to take on much more responsibility. — Anita Bryant Copy Share Image
In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
When a man, a woman, see their little daily tasks as integral portions of the one great work, they are no longer… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image