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Man Quotes


"Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal."
Man,


"You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it the next morning in the newspaper."


"Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing."



"In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be allowed to own one."


"Corporations are social organizations, the theater in which men and women realize or fail to realize purposeful and productive lives."


"Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man."


"While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it."



"More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform."


"Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it."
Man,



"I have to be a star like another man has to breathe."


"Some men are so macho they'll get you pregnant just to kill a rabbit."



"That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself."


"There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men."


"As my men could profitably employ themselves on these streams, I moved slowly along, averaging not more than five or six miles per day and sometimes remained two days at the same encampment."


"The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers."


"A wise man writes down what he thinks, a stupid man forgets what he thinks, a complete idiot punishes himself for what he thinks."
Man,


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


"The astrologers and historians write that the ascendant as of Oxford is Capricornus, whose lord is Saturn, a religious planet, and patron of religious men."


"No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right."
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