Man Quotes
It’s a very independent male creature that lives alone, and a lot of independent females who live alone. It’s all very sad but it’s much easier for both sexes to do it this way nowadays.
Bette DavisBette Davis The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
J. D. SalingerJ. D. Salinger It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift The length of a man’s outspread arms is equal to his height.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats The social pact, far from destroying natural equality, substitutes, on the contrary, a moral and lawful equality for whatever physical inequality that nature may have imposed on mankind; so that however unequal in strength and intelligence, men become equal by covenant and by right.
Jean-Jacques RousseauJean-Jacques Rousseau If I were straight and I were trying to seduce a woman, I could do it just by standing up at the table when she came back from the bathroom. It works. Every time I do that, all the straight men are sitting at the table and their wives are kicking them. “Look at that!” “You never do that for me!”
Tom FordTom Ford I have not come into this world to make men better, but to make use of their weaknesses.
Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
James AllenJames Allen Wonder and not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed connections that unite the various appearances of nature.
Adam SmithAdam Smith Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt I’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
Brian WilsonBrian Wilson As a sportsman, my aim was to help sportspersons grow. The idea is to see what is good for sport rather than what’s good for individuals.
Kapil DevKapil Dev Man is not on the earth solely for his own happiness. He is there to realize great things for humanity.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh