Men Quotes - Page 1161

On the path of truth, all religions are but one, race and color are irrelevant, and there is no difference between men and women.

Civilization is not by means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt.

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.

In the old times men carried out their rights for themselves as they lived, but nowadays every baby seems born with a social manifesto in its mouth much bigger than itself.

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.

I now see that sorrow, being the supreme emotion of which man is capable, is at once the type and test of all great art.

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.

The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.

You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. (Oscar trying to talk his way out of a speeding ticket)

Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel.

If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive all disasters, we will out-live all misfortune. We should be so well balanced and symmetrical, that nothing which could ever happen could throw us off our center, so that no matter what misfortune should overtake us, there would still be a whole magnificent man or woman left after being stripped of everything else.

The mark of a civilized man is his willingness to re-examine his most cherished beliefs.

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbers.

All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and for the lasting good of the present wretched race of slaves. The only possible step that could be taken towards it by the convention was to fix a period after which they should not be imported.

For that which you mention concerning liberty of conscience, I meddle not with any man's conscience.

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.

It takes struggle, a goal and enthusiasm to make a champion.

Happiness will never come if it's a goal in itself; happiness is a by-product of a commitment of worthy causes.

Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born, little institutional lies from the print of newspapers, the shock waves of television, and the sentimental cheats of the movie screen.

It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely wrong. We can only make them right by discussion.

I have said that science is impossible without faith. ... Inductive logic, the logic of Bacon, is rather something on which we can act than something which we can prove, and to act on it is a supreme assertion of faith ... Science is a way of life which can only fluorish when men are free to have faith.

The Pashtuns in particular are kind of trapped. They've never accepted the Durand Line nor has any Afghan government historically accepted it.

Donald Trump and Sean Spicer do one thing after another to keep the media attention focused on them. And it works. These legislative achievements are being made which are chipping away at anything the government has that's of any use to anybody. Paul Ryan, I think, is the most dangerous guy in the government. He knows what he's doing. And it's very systematic. I presume he's behind the cabinet appointments, but it's pretty amazing that every single cabinet appointment is somebody devoted to destroying that part of government.

The press is owned by wealthy men who only want certain things to reach the public.