Quotes by Man Perhaps they do not recognize themselves, for a rich man is even harder to define than a poor one. William Graham Sumner manrich-manrichpoor Before the tribunal of nature, a man has no more right to life than a rattlesnake; he has no more right to liberty than any wild beast; his right to the pursuit of happiness is nothing but a license to maintain the struggle for existence, if he can find within himself the powers with which to do it. William Graham Sumner mannaturehappinesslife Woe to the man who is always busy - hurried in a turmoil of engagements, from occupation to occupation, and with no seasons interposed of recollection, contemplation and repose! Such a man must inevitably be gross and vulgar, and hard and indelicate - the sort of man with whom no generous spirit would desire to hold intercourse. William Godwin manseasonsbusydesire No man knows the value of innocence and integrity but he who has lost them. William Godwin valuemaninnocencelostintegrity How different a creature is man in society and man in solitude! William Godwin mansocietysolitudedifferent A just and a brave man acts fearlessly and with explicitness; he does not shun, but court, the scrutiny of mankind; he lives in the face of day, and the whole world confesses the clearness of his spirit and the rectitude of his conduct. William Godwin facedaymanbrave Innocence is not virtue. Virtue demands the active employment of an ardent mind in the promotion of the general good. No man can be eminently virtuous who is not accustomed to an extensive range of reflection. William Godwin goodmanreflectionmind Let no man despise the oracles of books! A book is a dead man, a sort of mummy, embowelled and embalmed, but that once had flesh and motion and a boundless variety of determinations and actions. William Godwin deadbooksmanbook Self-deception is so far from impossible that it is one of the most ordinary phenomena with which we are acquainted. Nothing is more usual than for a man to impute his actions to honorable motives when it is nearly demonstrable that they flowed from some corrupt and contemptible force. William Godwin nothingmanforceimpossible The upshot here is that Gil Scott-Heron is still a warrior, even if the front lines have moved. He's made a record not without hope but which doesn't come with any easy or comforting answers. In that way, the man is clearly still committed to speaking the truth. Will Hermes mantruthhopeway I, 100 percent, feel like an old man, but I love it. I watch the news; I'm up early. Will Grier feelmannewslove Man's greed to obtain something for nothing has never yet been able to content itself with a moderate profit. Will C. Barnes nothingnevermangreed At issue was the question whether this man's faith could prevail against a man whose equal faith it was that this society is sick beyond saving, and that mercy itself pleads for its swift extinction and replacement by another. Whittaker Chambers mansocietysickfaith Pence is far too conservative for me, but by all accounts, he's an intelligent, experienced, decent man with no skeletons in his closet. Whitney Tilson memanconservativeintelligent In the '70s, with movies like 'Little Big Man,' westerns began to have a little different flavor, and I think casting people and filmmakers began to realize, 'Hey, maybe we can get a little more authentic in terms of who we cast here.' That kind of opened up the gates. Wes Studi moviesthinkmanpeople The universe is monstrously indifferent to the presence of man. Werner Herzog presencemanindifferentuniverse Why go to Antarctica, why do a film like 'Grizzly Man'? It's the sheer joy of storytelling - it's the urge. Werner Herzog golikemanjoy I wanted women to have the same basic wardrobe as a man. Blazer, trousers, and suit. They're so functional. I believed women wanted this and was right. Yves Saint Laurent blazersuitmanwomen The battle against cancer has made me strong. It's like winning a war! When I was diagnosed, I was told by doctors my kidney, liver and other organs could fail. It was tough. I didn't know if I could save my life. But I was positive, and because of that, the doctor told me that I would be a man who would never have cancer. Yuvraj Singh memanpositivelife The only way to learn a language properly, in fact, is to marry a man of that nationality. You get what they call in Europe a 'sleeping dictionary.' Of course, I have only been married five times, and I speak seven languages. I'm still trying to remember where I picked up the other two. Zsa Zsa Gabor youmanspeakremember«196197198199200201202203204205206»
