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Man Quotes



"So the question is, First, Whether the civil magistrate hath power to force men in things religious to do contrary to their conscience, and if they will not to punish them in their goods, liberties, or lives? this we hold in the negative."



"How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech."



"A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good."


"I have come far, but not far enough. It is still a man's world."


"I want to be optimistic because I don't think man is intrinsically violent."



"The other guy I dug a lot was Burroughs because he was a smart man already; he learned it through the druggie pool - the street scene of an old aristocratic kind of man."


"It is true that men themselves made this world of nations... but this world without doubt has issued from a mind often diverse, at times quite contrary, and always superior to the particular ends that men had proposed to themselves."


"A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears."


"These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year mission... to boldly go where no man has gone before."


"The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind."


"There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly."



"The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity."



"Oh, we want a new breed of men before India can be cleansed of her disease."


"This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well."


"Before I leave this Earth, I would like to know they have given women the same benefits and promotions as men."



"It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done."



"A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower."


"A perfect human being: Man in search of his ideal of perfection. Nothing less."


"Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father."
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