Quotes about men
men effort ambitious
If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thought, human opinion, and human sentiment... Edgar Allan Poe
men half welcome
We gave him a hearty welcome, for there was nearly half as much of the entertaining as of the contemptible about the man..
men animal thoughtful
Man is an animal that diddles, and there is no animal that diddles but man.
men benefits receiving
I have not only labored solely for the benefit of others (receiving for myself a miserable pittance), but have been forced to model my thoughts at the will of men whose imbecility was evident to all but themselves
men wife grammar
A man's grammar, like Caesar's wife, should not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity.
men artist names
The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist
men appreciate genius
Men of genius are far more abundant than is supposed. In fact, to appreciate thoroughly the work of what we call genius, is to possess all the genius by which the work was produced.
men hands suffering
Men die nightly in their beds, wringing the hands of ghostly confessors ... on account of the hideousness of mysteries which will not suffer themselves to be revealed.
men week old-man
I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.
men hereafter knows
No man who ever lived knows any more about the hereafter than you and I.
men able remember
I seemed to be upon the verge of comprehension, without the power to comprehend as men, at time, find themselves upon the brink of rememberance, without being able, in the end, to remember.
men catchy shame
If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
men sound-and-music sound-of-music
There's nothing more irresistible to a man than a woman who's in love with him. Eleanor Parker
men choices taste
I make bad choices. I've got such dodgy tastes in men. Eleanor Mondale
men careers want
I didn't want to get married. What I knew of most men was something I didn't want any part of. I just wanted to work on my career.
men way breaking-down
Often, the disparities in the ways men and women are treated are subtle; there are not these clear barriers that you have to break down. Eleanor Clift
men unhappy want
All men want their whores to be unhappy. Eleanor Catton
men evaluation disposition
A man ought never to trust another mans evaluation of a third mans disposition.
men hunger
The freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat. Eleanor Roosevelt
men flavor next
There never has been security. No man has ever known what he would meet around the next corner; if life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.
men long way
The Great Man is a man who lives a long way off. Elbert Hubbard
men risk literature
The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.
men simplicity lasts
It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last.
men evil answers
Do you say that religion is still needed? Then I answer that Work, Study, Health and Love constitute religion. . . . Most formal religions have pronounced the love of man for woman and woman for man an evil thing. . . . They have said that sickness was sent from God. . . . Now we deny it all, and again proclaim that these will bring you all the good there is: Health, Work, Study - Love!
men self deities
Man, like Deity, creates in his own image.
men maturity dare
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman is as bad as she dares
men thinking doe
Put yourself in the other man's place and then you will know why he thinks certain things and does certain deeds.
men succeed imitation
An imitator is a man who succeeds in being an imitation.
men miracle religion
Miracle: An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.
men liberty followers
The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself; and he wants others to be themselves, also.
men stupidity cash
The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.
men atheism type
Martyrs and persecutors are the same type of man. As to which is the persecutor and which the martyr, this is only a question of transient power.
men matter buttons
Men who marry for gratification, propagation or the matter of buttons or socks, must expect to cope with and deal in a certain amount of quibble, subterfuge, concealments, and double, deep-dyed prevarication.