Men Quotes - Page 998

There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood, Eighteen of them are fools and the one ain't no doggone good.

There is a certain silence that can emanate from a lifeless object as from a chair lately used, or from a piano with old dust upon its keys, or from anything that has answered to the need of a man, for pleasure or for work. This kind of silence can speak. Its voice may be melancholy, but it is not always so; for the chair may have been left by a laughing child or the last notes of the piano may have been raucous and gay. Whatever the mood or the circumstance, the essence of its quality may linger in the silence that follows. It is a soundless echo.

The man who is unhappy will, as a rule, adopt an unhappy creed, while the man who is happy will adopt a happy creed; each may attribute his happiness or unhappiness to his beliefs, while the real causation is the other way round.

There is something feeble, and a little contemptible, about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Almost inevitably some part of him is aware that they are myths and that he believes them only because they are comforting. But he dare not face this thought, and he therefore cannot carry his own reflection to any logical conclusion.

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

People all over this country are shouting at each other. And what we need to do is bring people together to work on the agreement where there is broad consensus and that's what I intend to do.

All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology.

I do admit there have been times when I have made a statement that was incorrect.

This, then, is the Anarchistic definition of government: the subjection of the non-invasive individual to an external will.

We cut nature up, organize it into concepts, and ascribe significances as we do, largely because we are parties to an agreement to organize it in this way - an agreement that holds through our speech community and is codified in the patterns of our language.

The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.

[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a Voice in Elections, and a share in the Government of the Country.

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.

The great tides and currents which engulf the rest of men do not turn aside in their course and pass the judges by.

Lenin is an artist who has worked men, as other artists have worked marble or metals. But men are harder than stone and less malleable than iron. There is no masterpiece. The artist has failed. The task was superior to his capacities.

Given that the nineteenth century was the century of Socialism, of Liberalism, and of Democracy, it does not necessarily follow that the twentieth century must also be a century of Socialism, Liberalism and Democracy: political doctrines pass, but humanity remains, and it may rather be expected that this will be a century of authority ... a century of Fascism. For if the nineteenth century was a century of individualism it may be expected that this will be the century of collectivism and hence the century of the State.

The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.

The safest way to ensure diversity of opinion is diverse ownership. But this ideal has been sacrificed by our government.

Male egos require constant stroking. Every task is an achievement, every success epic. That is why women cook, but men are chefs: we make cheese on toast, they produce pain de fromage.

The soul of our politics is the commitment to ending domination.

A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.

Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.

The eternal wisdom of God ... has shown itself forth in all things, but chiefly in the mind of man, and most of all in Jesus Christ.

the ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain by fear, nor to exact obedience, but to free every man from fear that he may live in all possible security... In fact the true aim of government is liberty.