Quotes about men
men desire mixtures
Man is a mixture of desires that extend beyond his knowledge and often result in action conflicting with rationality. Charles Lindbergh
men humanity matter
I grow aware of various forms of man and of myself. I am form and I am formless, I am life and I am matter, mortal and immortal. I am one and many -- myself and humanity in flux.
men life-and-death progress
Here was a place where men and life and death had reached the lowest form of degradation. How could any reward in national progress even faintly justify the establishment and operation of such a place?
men moral divine
Is cruelty a moral judgment if it is fundamental to forms of life? Who is man to say that the workings of nature, and therefore of the divine plan of which he himself is part, are cruel?
men mind earth
So far from having a materialistic tendency, the supposed introduction into the earth at successive geological periods of life,-sensation,-instinct,-the intelligence of the higher mammalia bordering on reason,-and lastly the improvable reason of Man himself, presents us with a picture of the ever-increasing dominion of mind over matter. Charles Lyell
men discovery caves
Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man.
men organization long
Man, whose organization is regarded as the highest, departs from the vertebrate archetype; and it is because the study of anatomy is usually commenced from, and often confined to, his structure, that a knowledge of the archetype has been so long hidden from anatomists.
men animal anchors
Millions of our race are now supported by lands situated where deep seas once prevailed in earlier ages. In many districts not yet occupied by man, land animals and forests now abound where the anchor once sank into the oozy bottom.
men creation-of-man geology
Geology differs as widely from cosmogony, as speculations concerning the creation of man differ from history.
men civilization perfection
As civilization advances, man grows unconscious of the primitive elements of life; he is separated from them by his perfection of material techniques.
men giving choices
True, the fragile bodies of his fellows do not weigh down his plane; true, the fretful minds of weaker men are missing from his crowded cabin; but as his airship keeps its course he holds communion with those rare spirits that inspire to intrepidity and by their sustaining potency give strength to arm, resource to mind, content to soul. Alone? With what other companions would man fly to whom the choice were given?
men primitive-man civilization
If we can combine our knowledge of science with the wisdom of wildness, if we can nurture civilization through roots in the primitive, man's potentialities appear to be unbounded.
men rights arrogant
Whatever a man imagines he can attain, if he doesn't become too arrogant and encroach on the rights of the gods.
men machines fascination
[I] grew up as a disciple of science. I know its fascination. I have felt the godlike power man derives from his machines.
men order police
In the liberal remake of 'Casablanca,' the police captain comes upon the scene of the shooting and orders his men to 'round up the usual weapons.' It's always the weapon and never the shooter. Charles Krauthammer
men next good-work
Positively, the best thing a man can have to do, is nothing, and next to that perhaps — good works. Charles Lamb
men childhood fragility
Not childhood alone, but the young man till thirty, never feels practically that he is mortal.
men hands littles
Maybe the nails are a little stubby and gnawed on, but I definitely do not have man hands. Aisha Tyler
men dancing bears
A man screaming is not a dancing bear. Life is not a spectacle. Aime Cesaire
men tree stones
The weakness of most men they do not know how to become a stone or tree.
men belief problem
The man who comes to a right belief about God is relieved of ten thousand temporal problems ... Aiden Wilson Tozer
men manipulation use
What is of man uses manipulation to conform. What is of #God uses implantation to transform.
men judging gold
Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man. Ai Weiwei
mentally physically travel
We're going to have to be mentally and physically ready. When you have no depth, the travel can really take its toll.
men
Working on 'Mad Men,' everything is word for word. And, honestly, I couldn't come up with anything better than that, so it's fine. Jessica Pare
mentality scoring
with the mentality of going out and scoring 40 points. Drew Brees
men missionary christianity
Young man, sit down: when God pleases to convert the heathen, He will do it without your aid or mine. William Carey
men majestic realization
For myself, faith begins with a realization that a supreme intelligence brought the universe into being and created man. It is not difficult for me to have this faith, for it is incontrovertible that where there is a plan there is intelligence--an orderly, unfolding universe testifies to the truth of the most majestic statement ever uttered--'In the beginning God.'
men civilization earth
Man, not the earth, makes civilization. Will Durant
men civilised
No man who is in a hurry is quite civilised.
men initiative accepting
God alone can make a man a believer. Our part is to accept or reject his initiative. John Powell
men vanity glasses
It is not vain glory for a man and his glass to confer in his own chamber. William Shakespeare
men knowing may
O, what men dare do! what men may do! what men daily do, not knowing what they do.