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"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Man, Pretty

"After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Man, Religious

"The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives."

William James, American Philosopher

Man, Men, Ideas

"It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Man, Uniqueness

"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!""

John F. Kennedy, American President

Man, Men, May, Pride

"Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Man, Men, People, Worth

"The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Man, Men, Experience, Genius, Gain

"The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Man, Men, Mountains, Sea

"A man in the house is worth two in the street."

Mae West, American Actress

Man, Worth

"In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Man, Men, Artist, First

Explore more quotes by Jack Dempsey

"By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry."

Politics

"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him."

Time

"Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance."

Chance

"You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings."

Reading

"A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end."

Sports

"Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning."

Want

"I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great."

Pretty

"A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol."

Help

"Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body."

Man