Man Quotes
A singular fact, that, when man is a brute, he is the most sensual and loathsome of all brutes.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne I’d rather be one of the devotees of God than one of the straight, so-called sane or normal people who just don’t understand that man is a spiritual being, that he has a soul.
George HarrisonGeorge Harrison Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.
Martin HeideggerMartin Heidegger The world is a raving idiot, and no man can kill it: though I’ll do my best. But you’re right. We must rescue ourselves as best we can.
D. H. LawrenceD. H. Lawrence To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau It makes me feel kind of weird, but obviously the Man Upstairs gave me something and it touches people, and I’m just so blessed.
Eddie Van HalenEddie Van Halen Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden Man cannot survive except through his mind.
Ayn RandAyn Rand What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it.
Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad He is many things – dangerous and devious, cunning and deadly, a good friend and an implacable enemy – but he comes from an age when a man’s word was indeed precious.
Michael ScottMichael Scott The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good.
James AllenJames Allen Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
Anatole FranceAnatole France People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I’m shaped this way, I must be scandalous – like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it’s just the opposite.
Jennifer LopezJennifer Lopez No man is an island unto himself.
John DonneJohn Donne Some people aren’t satisfied that I’m a gay man in a woman’s body and swear that I’m secretly a real boy.
Victoria BeckhamVictoria Beckham