Shields Green was not one to shrink from hardships or dangers. He was a man of few words, and his speech was… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It was always the cliche of men leaving their wives for younger women. The playing field is sort of even now. Women… — Jennifer Coolidge Copy Share Image
But I am in the gambling business, for good or ill; it is the business I have chosen, and the only governing… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
But to be the Vicar of Christ, to claim to exercise his prerogatives on earth, does involve a claim to his attributes,… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Id like to be a lion... they are very family-oriented. Unfortunately. too many wild animals are afraid at what man can do… — Connie Stevens Copy Share Image
[W]earisome as it may seem, women must realize that, in making a commitment to a man, they have merged in his unconscious… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
You know when I started playing music as a young man I felt the need to be noticed and to prove myself.… — Peter White Copy Share Image
Those of us who grew up in the '50s and '60s, we had the dream that this could be turned around, and… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I was ten,” I said. “Give me a little credit.” “To a boy with aspirations like that, I would extend my respect—but… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Jephthah called together the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim,… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Theological error is the most pernicious of errors; it strikes at man's center and separates him from his Creator and Redeemer. God… — Max Anders Copy Share Image
The great men of earth are the shadow men, who, having lived and died, now live again and forever through their undying… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I like naked women. I'm a bloke. I'm supposed to like them. We're born like that. We like naked women as soon… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
I call that mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Man need not be degraded to a machine by being denied to be a ghost in a machine. He might, after all,… — Gilbert Ryle Copy Share Image
Nobody believes that the man who says, 'Look, lady, you wanted equality,' to explain why he won't give up his seat to… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
My mind is incapable of conceiving such a thing as a soul. I may be in error, and man may have a… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
You definitely feed off the people around you, and your man is one of the people you talk to the most. So… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
Today is Veterans Day. Thank you to all our men and women who have served the United States armed forces. In honor… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Not only do I disbelieve in the need for compensation, but I believe that the seeking for rewards and punishments out of… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
“I've always found the Irish really attractive-they make wonderful writers and sexy firefighters, and if they didn't like the Red Socks they'd… — Julie Klausner Copy Share Image
I wish men had boobs because I like the feel of them. It's so funny - when I record I sing with… — Emma Bunton Copy Share Image
Everything man does today to be efficient, to fill the hour? It does not satisfy. It only makes him hungry to do… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Conversion by the Holy Spirit is a spiritual illumination of the soul. God's grace lights up the dark heart. And when a… — Theodore L. Cuyler Copy Share Image
I hate using this term [miracle]. I'm a man of science. I'm a doctor. I don't use this word. But he said,… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
A successful surgeon should be a man who, when asked to name the three best surgeons in the world, would have difficulty… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
I want to say one word to you and this word is “Joy”. Wherever there are consecrated people, seminarians, men and women… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I felt in him what women feel in men, something so tender, swollen, tyrannical, absurd; I would never take the consequences of… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I have lived among enough painters and around studios to have had all the theories - and how contradictory they are -… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Ask any man what nationality he would prefer to be, and ninety nine out of a hundred will tell you that they… — Cecil Rhodes Copy Share Image
I never turn down a drink. Among friends it’s always appropriate. A man is only a man as they say, but brandy… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You know and we have about 60 to 70 percent black men in prison today and it's because of the negativity they… — Stedman Graham Copy Share Image
We explain justification simply as the acceptance with which God receives us into his favor as righteous men. And we say that… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood,… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
The older we women grow, the more clearly we see what men really are: hypocrites, boasters, he-goats. The older men grow, the… — Jean Giraudoux Copy Share Image
With almost no exceptions, art by men is much more expensive than art by women. Even great women artists, like Louise Bourgeois… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image