Man Quotes
I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville Godlike the man who sits at her side, who watches and catches that laughter which (softly) tears me to tatters: nothing is left of me, each time I see her.
CatullusCatullus A very poor man may be said in some sense to have a demand for a coach and six; he might like to have it; but his demand is not an effectual demand, as the commodity can never be brought to market in order to satisfy it.
Adam SmithAdam Smith One of the things I have always said about the man-woman relationship is that I don’t want anybody to walk ahead of me, and I don’t want anybody to walk behind me. I want a man who will walk along beside me. And that’s how I feel about equal rights.
Cicely TysonCicely Tyson To make no mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes, the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
PlutarchPlutarch I pop men like pills to make me happy, but they all wear off in the end.
Lauren EdenLauren Eden Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
Thomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila There is no single face in nature, because every eye that looks upon it, sees it from its own angle. So every man’s spice-box seasons his own food.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.
Sai BabaSai Baba It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
PlutarchPlutarch This barren verbiage, current among men, Light coin, the tinsel clink of compliment.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Man is so constituted that health is a purely negative state. Hunger once satisfied, it is difficult for a man to imagine the horrors of starvation; they cannot be understood without being felt.
Jules VerneJules Verne No, I’m just a man committed to great ideas.
Ronald ReaganRonald Reagan The death of one man is tragic, but the death of thousands is statistic.
Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin