Men Quotes

Indifference, then, is not only a sin, it is a punishment.

Elie Wiesel, The Perils of Indifference

To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

Jane Austen

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, September 2002

Any appeasement of tyranny is treason to this republic and to the democratic ideal.

William Allen White

Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginning.

Robert Collie

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - - That is all that agnosticism means.

Clarence Darrow

Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.

John L. Motley

Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self - Esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge.

Fritz Perls

We are taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they are of equal value as happiness excitement and inspiration.

Alanis Morissette

We ought not be over anxious to encourage innovation, in case of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a new one; it is established and it is understood.

C. C. Colton

Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing.

Dick Brandon

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

H. L. Mencken

If Pete Rose brings the Reds in first, they ought to bronze him and put him in cement.

Jerry Coleman

Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club Could the New Testament have been composed as a conference report Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals. The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam.

A. Whitney Griswold

Men and women, women and men. It will never work.

Erica Jong

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.

Bruce Lee

Trust men and they will be true to you treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Thomas Jefferson

A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.

Greek prove

Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now.

Henry David Thoreau

All men have an instinct for conflict at least, all healthy men.

Hilaire Belloc

Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

Machiavelli, The Prince

Man is always more than he can know of himself consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

Golo Mann

Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries; and though, perhaps, somethimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they nevertheless stand firm, keep out the enemy, truth, that would captivate or disturbe them.

John Locke

The real menace in dealing with a five - Year - Old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five - Year - Old.

Jean Ke

Know the true value of time snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness no laziness no procrastination never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Lord Chesterfield

Every culture has its distinctive and normal system of government. Yours is democracy, moderated by corruption. Ours is totalitarianism, moderated by assassination.

Unknown Russian

Men, in general, are but great children.

Napoleon

Any coward can sit in his home and criticize a pilot for flying into a mountain in a fog. But I would rather, by far, die on a mountainside than in bed. What kind of man would live where there is no daring And is life so dear that we should blame men for dying in adventure Is there a better way to die.

Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.

Women have more to offer this world than just a fallopian tube. Nothing is going to change until you quit looking at us as just sperm receptacles.

Barbara Hall, Northern Exposure, Baby Blues, 1994

The end always passes judgement on what has gone before.

Publilius Syrus

Education makes machines which act like men and produces men who act like machines.

Erich Fromm

The highest love of all finds its fulfillment not in what it keeps, but in what it gives.

Father Andrew SDC

People that are really weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

Dan Quayle, 09/88

This document describes the usage and input syntax of the Unix Vax - 11 assembler As. As is designed for assembling code produced by the C compiler; certain concessions have been made to handle code written directly by people, but in general little sympathy has been extended.

Berkeley Vax/Unix Assembler Reference Manual (1983)

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.

Voltaire