Quotes about men
men causes made
I am a dolt of a man, easily made happy or even stupidly happy almost without cause and left alone I am mostly content. Charles Bukowski
men lucky mets
I never met another man I'd rather be. And even if that's a delusion, it's a lucky one. Charles Bukowski
men mets another-man
I've never met another man I'd rather be. Charles Bukowski
men littles matter
No matter how little a man has he will find that he will always settle for less. Charles Bukowski
men revolution papa
Some men hope for revolution but when you revolt and set up your new government you find your new government is still the same old Papa, he has only put on a cardboard mask. Charles Bukowski
men shoes two
I have two rules. One is, never trust a man who smokes a pipe. The other is, never trust a man with shiny shoes. Charles Bukowski
men tragedy his-love
It's not the large things that send a man to the madhouse... no, it's the continuing series of small tragedies... not the death of his love but the shoelace that snaps with no time left. Charles Bukowski
men poverty poor
Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient. Sydney Smith
men religion trying
Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out. Sydney Smith
men hands way-in-life
A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand. Sydney Smith
menu reality
The reality is we have a whole menu of options.
men race brain
In everything but brains and brawn, women are vastly superior to men. A different race. Edward Abbey
men opera sopranos
Opera: I like it, except for all those howling sopranos and caterwauling tenors. (Why can't tenors sing like men?) Edward Abbey
men land sheep
In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal. Edward Abbey
men guru should
Every man should be his own guru; every woman her own gurette. Edward Abbey
men self fire
Of all the featherless beasts, only man, chained by his self-imposed slavery to the clock, denies the elemental fire and proceeds as best he can about his business, suffering quietly, martyr to his madness. Much to learn. Edward Abbey
men two desire
WEALTH AND HOW TO ACHIEVE IT: Let us define the wealthy man as he who has everything he desires. How to reach that happy condition? Two ways Edward Abbey
men numbers america
I understand and sympathize with the reasonable needs of a reasonable number of people on a finite continent. All life depends upon other life. But what is happening today, in North America, is not rational use but irrational massacre. Man the Pest, multiplied to the swarming stage, is attacking the remaining forests like a plague of locusts on a field of grain. Edward Abbey
men snakes humanist
I'm a humanist; I'd rather kill a man than a snake. Edward Abbey
men finals critics
Death is every man's final critic. To die well you must live bravely. Edward Abbey
men sheep brave
In a nation of sheep, one brave man forms a majority. Edward Abbey
men world facts
Though men now possess the power to dominate and exploit every corner of the natural world, nothing in that fact implies that they have the right or the need to do so. Edward Abbey
men jail giving
Nothing can excel a few days in jail for giving a young man or woman a quick education in the basis of industrial society. Edward Abbey
men lucky lucky-man
I have been a lucky man. But someone has to be. Edward Abbey
men once-upon-a-time honor
Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough to be -- a man. Edward Abbey
men likes february
No man likes to be smoked out of his hole in February. Edward Abbey
men blood revolution
Three words remain that can yet stir the blood of man: the word 'rebellion'; the word 'revolt'; the word 'revolution'. Edward Abbey
men virtue ifs
A man is not aware of his virtues (if any). Nevertheless, one hopes that they exist. Edward Abbey
men world good-enough
For this world that men have made, none of us is bad enough. For the world that made us, none is good enough. Edward Abbey
men circles wish
Proust again: One can only wish that a man with such powers of total recall had led a less tedious life, moved among somewhat livelier circles.... Edward Abbey
men differences delight
It is the difference between men and women, not the sameness, that creates the tension and the delight. Edward Abbey
men
Women truly are better than men. Otherwise, they'd be intolerable. Edward Abbey
men space might
We are preoccupied with time. If we could learn to love space as deeply as we are now obsessed with time, we might discover a new meaning in the phrase to live like men. Edward Abbey