Men Quotes - Page 593

When irrational terror takes to itself the fiat of moral goodness somebody has to die. ... No man lives who has not got a panic button, and when it is pressed by the clean white hand of moral duty, a certain murderous train is set in motion.

This is not an easy time for humorists because the government is far funnier than we are.

It is this simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences-makes them, as the poets tell us, 'charm the crowd's ears more finely.' Educated men lay down broad general principles; uneducated men argue from common knowledge and draw obvious conclusions.

When you start comparing yourself to another man's mirror, that's when those negative thoughts start creeping in. My journey isn't anybody else's journey.

Excuse my absolute freedom. I refuse to make a distinction between any of the moments of myself.

We weed out the darnel from the corn and the unfit in war, but do not excuse evil men from the service of the state.

Wealth and poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls.

the tragedy of an attachment is that if its object is not attained it causes unhappiness. But if it is attained, it does not cause happiness – it merely causes a flash of pleasure followed by weariness, and it is always accompanied, of course, by the anxiety that you may lose the object of your attachment.

Love is friendship that has caught fire. ... Love is content with the present, it hopes for the future, and it doesn't brood over the past. It's the day-in and day-out chronicle of irritations, problems, compromises, small disappointments, big victories and working toward common goals. If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don't have it, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.

I believe Islam is superior. And will not be surpassed. So I believe that the law of God is much superior to man-made law.

There is no greater pillar of stability than a strong, free and educated woman, and there is no more inspiring role model than a man who respects and cherishes women and champions their leadership.

Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.

Poor is the man whose future depends on the opinions and permission of others. Remember this, if you are afraid of criticism, you will die doing nothing!

Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.

One of the differences between marriage and prostitution is that in marriage you only have to make a deal with one man.

A man who opens a door for a woman or gives up his seat for her-even offering to carry something! Those are country manners that never go out of style.

Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.

With her eyes alone she could give this response, this absolutely erotic response, as if febrile waves were trembling there, pools of madness... something devouring that could lick a man all over like a flame, annihilate him, with a pleasure never known before.

If you are black, the only roads into the mainland of American life are through subservience, cowardice, and loss of manhood. These are the white man's roads.

I am more interested in the purpose of government than its mechanics-though the means should at least be good enough to lead to the ends desired.

True architecture exists only where man stands in the center.

I know that a man is converted when he starts to sing

Vanity prevents improvement

He promoted the education of the parish clergy and wrote: He seems to me a very foolish man, and very wretched, who will not increase his understanding while he is in the world, and ever wish and long to reach that endless life where all shall be made clear.

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.