“Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal relations, time to become better men, time to become better women, time to become better and more independent citizens.”
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“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.”
“As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.”
“All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible.”
“All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.”
“I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.”
“Even if society dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways, it is fathers and mothers who teach those ways to children not just in the words they say, but in the lives they lead.”
“If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing each other now. Young black men would not be impregnating young black women at the rate going on now. We'd not have the drugs we have now, or the alcoholism.”
“When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho.”
“Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.”
“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves they therefore remain bound.”
“But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money.”
“The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.”
“The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same.”
“Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.”
“Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.”
“I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.”
“Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.”
“We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.”
“I think people are born bisexual and the make subconscious choices based on the pressures of society. I have no question in my mind about being bisexual. But I'm also a hypocrite: I would never date a girl who is bisexual, because that means they also sleep with men, and men are so dirty that I'd never sleep with a girl who had slept with a man.”
“Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.”
“Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?”
“The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.”
“Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail.”