Quotes about men
men symbiosis machines
In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can't. Alan Perlis
men variables constant
One man's constant is another man's variable. Alan Perlis
men strive
When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it. Alan Paton
men land care
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator. Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed. Alan Paton
men inhumanity-to-man trying
There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man. Alan Paton
men hands cry-the-beloved-country
I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all. Alan Paton
men names add
It is not permissible to add to one's possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men. Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation. Alan Paton
men land people
We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money. Alan Paton
men inhumanity-to-man way
The only way in which one can make endurable man's inhumanity to man, and man's destruction of his own environment, is to exemplify in your own lives man's humanity to man and man's reverence for the place in which he lives. Alan Paton
men cry-the-beloved-country broke
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another? Alan Paton
men mask function
Who? Who is but the form following the function of what, and what I am is a man in a mask. Alan Moore
men asking paradox
Evey Hammond: Who are you? V: Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask. Evey Hammond: Well I can see that. V: Of course you can. I'm not questioning your powers of observation I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is Alan Moore
men black rorschach
Once a man has seen society's black underbelly, he can never turn his back on it. Never pretend, like you do, that it doesn't exist. Alan Moore
men thinking world
I'm disappointed in you, Adrian. I'm very disappointed. Reassembling myself was the first trick I learned. It didn't kill Osterman. Did you really think it would kill me? I have walked across the surface of the sun. I have witnessed events so tiny and so fast, they could hardly be said to have occurred at all. But you, Adrian, you're just a man. The world's smartest man poses no more threat to me than does its smartest termite. Alan Moore
men numbers long
There... Poor little things. You see them? Standing with their numbers on their blank, indifferent faces, Nuremberg in miniature, the ranks of painted wooden men... Poor dominoes. Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers down it goes. Alan Moore
men thinking people
There are people. There are stories. The people think they shape the stories, but the reverse if often closer to the truth. Stories shape the world. They exist independently of people, and in places quite devoid of man, there may yet be mythologies. Alan Moore
men blood talking
By the way, I have trouble listening to what [Cheney] says sometimes because of the blood that drips from his teeth while he’s talking, but my response is this: he’s just angry because the president doesn’t shoot old men in the face. But by the way, when he was done speaking, did he just then turn into a bat and fly away? Alan Grayson
men my-fair-lady
Why can't a woman be more like a man? Alan Jay Lerner
men want doe
All to often, however, what she [the woman] does want is the man she hopes she will make out of the man she already has. Alan Jay Lerner
men ideas doe
Men die but an idea does not. Alan Jay Lerner
men balance way
What is commonly called a pest is nature's way of bringing back into balance an imbalance that man has created. Alan Chadwick
men rugby-league clubs
Men do not greet one another like this ... except perhaps at rugby club dinners. Alan Cooper
men play two
But most men regard their life as a poem that women threaten. They may not have two spondees to rub together but they still want to pen their saga untrammelled by life-threatening activities like trailing round Sainsbury's, emptying the dishwasher or going to the nativity play. Alan Bennett
men water sahara
That's a bit like asking a man crawling across the Sahara whether he would prefer Perrier or Malvern water. Alan Bennett
men buckets incapability
History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket. Alan Bennett
mentality
I like the mentality of the Americans. It's like when you talk about money. Alain Prost
men cities safety
I'll continue to work to ensure that safety and I am honored to have earned the endorsement of the men and women who provide public safety in our city. Alan Autry
men culture okay
We live in a patriarchal culture. It's okay for women to be objectified but not for men. Alan Ball
men suffering abnormal
Testosterone Poisoning: … Until now it has been thought that the level of testosterone in men is normal simply because they have it. But if you consider how abnormal their behavior is, then you are led to the hypothesis that almost all men are suffering from ‘testosterone poisoning.’ Alan Alda
men hypocrisy cheerful
If a man must make himself appear cheerful; he must know why he is miserable. Al Smith
men voice silence
When the voices of democracy are silenced, freedom becomes a hollow concept. No man or woman should be sentenced to the shadows of silence for something he or she has said or written. Al Neuharth
men drug deals
I can't see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead. Al Sharpton
men littles reputation
Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse Al Pacino