Quotes about men
men goal may
Failure is a man's inability to reach his goals in life, whatever they may be Og Mandino
men genius fields
A field of clay touched by the genius of man becomes a castle.
men laughing laugh-at-yourself
Laugh at yourself for man is most comical when he takes himself too seriously.
men weak-man stupidity
He (John Major) has the mulishness of a weak man with stupidity. Norman Tebbit
men harry-truman president
Harry Truman proves that old adage that any man can become President of the United States. Norman Thomas
men illustration feelings
No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them! Norman Rockwell
men criticism literature
Literature is a human apocalypse, man's revelation to man, and criticism is not a body of adjudications, but the awareness of that revelation, the last judgement of mankind. Northrop Frye
men water-of-life tree
The entire Bible, viewed as a "divine comedy," is contained within a U-shaped story of this sort, one in which man, as explained, loses the tree and water of life at the beginning of Genesis and gets them back at the end of Revelation.
men apocalypse screens
Man creates what he calls history as a screen to conceal the workings of the apocalypse from himself.
men animal body
Man lives, not directly or nakedly in nature like the animals, but within a mythological universe, a body of assumptions and beliefs developed from his existential concerns.
men world body
Literally, the Bible is a gigantic myth, a narrative extending over the whole of time from creation to apocalypse, unified by a body of recurring imagery that "freezes" into a single metaphor cluster, the metaphors all being identified with the body of the Messiah, the man who is all men, the totality logoi who is one Logos, the grain of sand that is the world.
men anxiety roles
The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety. Norman Mailer
men honor littles
Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.
men literature action
It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.
men two brave
There are two kinds of brave men: those who are brave by the grace of nature, and those who are brave by an act of will.
men evil principles
Even an evil man can have principles—he can be true to his own evil, which is not always so easy.
men tyrants political
The women's movement is filled with tyrants, just as men's political movements are equally filled.
men italian renaissance
Patterned after an Italian Renaissance palace, it is 88 times as large and one millionth as valuable to the continuation of man. that Pentagon of traveling salesmen.
men names india
We are in love with the word. We are proud of it. The word precedes the formation of the state. The word comes to us from every avatar of early human existence. As writers, we are obliged more than others to keep our lives attached to the primitive power of the word. From India, out of the Vedas, we still hear: On the spoken word, all the gods depend, all beasts and men; in the world live all creatures...The word is the name of the divine world.
men innocent-man views
Maimonides taught that it is better that 10 criminals go free than let one innocent man be executed. The Innocence Project represents that point of view. Norman Lamm
men thinking voice
When I talk of hearing a poet's voice speaking, I always think of it as in the presence of the man. Norman MacCaig
men fishing killing
Well, I love fishing. I wouldn't kill a fly myself but I've no hesitation in killing a fish. A lot of men are like that. No bother. Out you come. Thump. And that's not the only reason.
men rivers three
We sat on the bank and the river went by. As always, it was making sounds to itself, and now it made sounds to us. It would be hard to find three men sitting side by side who knew better what a river was saying. Norman Maclean
men law numbers
Law Number XXIV: The only thing more costly than stretching the schedule of an established project is accelerating it, which is itself the most costly action known to man. Norman Ralph Augustine
men exposed testicles
A writer who presents men and women as creatures truncated below the waist is exposed as one who goes about without his trousers saying, 'see, I have had my testicles removed. Norman Lindsay
men
Bud [Yorkin] was the kindest and dearest man, and one of the most talented directors there was. Norman Lear
men names sight
It is a grievous sin in the sight of God for any man to presume to baptize, unless God has authorized him by new revelation to baptize in his name Orson Pratt
men names voice
Do not suffer any man to baptize or minister unto you, unless God has spoken unto him by the voice of his servants, and authorized him to minister in his name
men servant-of-god lasts
A true servant of God will never teach a false doctrine. He will never deny new revelation. He never will tell you that the canon of scripture is full, or that the New Testament is the last revelation ever intended to be given to man.
men water baptism
Baptism is just as essential to salvation, as Faith and Repentance. Without being immersed in water no man can enter into the fullness of Celestial glory: for baptism is instituted for the remission of sins; and if a person does not take the necessary steps to obtain pardon of sins, of course, he cannot be saved in the kingdom of God.
men depth height
Too often we forget that the great men of faith reached the heights they did only by going through the depths. Os Guinness
men years wish
What women have achieved in the last 50 years, I wish men would have achieved in the last 100. Oscar de la Renta
men born dies
A man is not from where he is born, but where he chooses to die. Orson Welles