981 private quotes tagged men

“The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.”— Norman Cousins

“A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.”— John Stuart Mill

“What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?”— Erma Bombeck

“Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.”— George Jean Nathan

“Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.”— E. W. Howe

“Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.”— John Maynard Keynes

“A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.”— Niccolo Machiavelli

“I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.”— Marilyn Monroe

“Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.”— Charlotte Bronte

“Because wherever I am today, I still owe it to God and I owe it to two men - the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X and of course, two very special women, my mother and my wife.”— Louis Farrakhan

“To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.”— Marquis de Sade

“Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.”— Natalie Portman

“Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.”— Rene Descartes

“Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.”— Marcus Garvey

“God is in all men, but all men are not in God that is why we suffer.”— Ramakrishna

“I do not believe in God his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men.”— Jean-Paul Sartre

“Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.”— Quintus Ennius

“To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.”— Robert Schumann

“A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.”— Albert Schweitzer

“The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.”— Niccolo Machiavelli

“I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.”— George McGovern

“The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.”— Thomas Sowell

“If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married.”— Katharine Hepburn

“For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men.”— Albert Claude

“Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.”— Mae West