Made Men Quotes

34 quotes by 32 authors

Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the… — Mary McCarthy
Gun Control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a… — Heinrich Himmler
Desire is making people build ships and cities, has made men conquer nations... and it can defeat that nicotine — Napoleon Hill
It was man who first made men believe in gods. — Critias
Knowing how to fight made men more bold, because no one fears doing what it seems to him he has learned to do. Therefore, the… — Niccolo Machiavelli
A funny thing about women and machines: the combination made men curious. — Rachel Kushner
Self-Made Men are those who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, or friendly surroundings; to wealth inherited or to early approved means of education;… — Frederick Douglass
I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value. — Frederick Douglass
Law never made men a whit more just. — Henry David Thoreau
We're all self-made men, but not very many of us have stayed on the job. — Kin Hubbard
The priceless treasure of boyhood is his endless enthusiasm, his high store of idealism, his affections and his hopes. When we preserve these, we have… — Herbert Hoover
The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. — Thomas Paine
Once fire was discovered, the instinct for improvement made men bring food to it. First to dry it, then to put it on the coals… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies. — Guy de Maupassant
The Ripe FigNow that You live here in my chest,anywhere we sit is a mountaintop.And those other images,which have enchanted peoplelike porcelain dolls from China,which… — Rumi
My especial object is to help the poor; the rich can help themselves. I believe in self-made men. — Joseph Pulitzer
I knew that suffering did not enoble; it degraded. It made men selfish, petty and suspicious. It absorbed them in small things...it made them less… — W. Somerset Maugham
The violets whisper from the shade Which their own leaves have made: Men scent our fragrance on the air, Yet take no heed Of humble… — Christina Rossetti
The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy; nowadays it means rank subversion. — Germaine Greer
God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit. — Arthur Erickson

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