The Man Quotes

The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.

Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride.

Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

It is a weak man who blames his failures on the strength of others.

I have always said that if I were a rich man, I would employ a professional praiser.

The Rich Man's Banquet, which was to last for a decade, had now begun: the feast, it was recognised, went to the greediest.

There is nothing attractive about the gospel to the natural man; the only man who finds the gospel attractive is the man who is convicted of sin.

Every man is made to reach out beyond his grasp.

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low.

It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.

Every man should stay within his own fortune. [Lat., Intera fortunam quisque debet manere suam.]

It is rare to see a rich man religious; for religion preaches restraint, and riches prompt to unlicensed freedom.

It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them.

I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.

I know what a good man is because I saw it in my father.

There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course.

All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru.

Every man's Reason is sufficient for his guidance, if used.

He is only rich who owns the day. There is no king, rich man, fairy, or demon who possesses such power as that.

Every man is an impossibility until he is born.

Every man contemplates an angel in his future self.

It is the doctrine of the popular music-masters, that whoever can speak can sing. So, probably, every man is eloquent once in his life. Our temperaments differ in capacity of heat, or

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population. When it reaches its true law of action, every man that is born will be hailed as essential.

The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome.

One man pins me to the wall, while with another I walk among the stars

I'm scared of one man, one vote because it suggests that everybody has an equal ability at making decisions, and I think that's dangerous.

Mom, thank you. Mr. Palmer, my father I never had, thank you for teaching me what it is to be a man.

So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath two strings, a title of present right and another to provide for future possibility or chance.

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.

I'm a good solid family man. I don't say I'm a good solid man.

I was a boy, suddenly treated like the men and expected to act like them.

A slave cannot be freed, save he do it himself. Nor can you enslave a free man; the very most you can do is kill him!

There's a new tribunal now higher than God's -The educated man's!

All my fears and cares are of this world; if there is another, an honest man has nothing to fear from it.

A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might: Guid faith, he maunna fa' that.

Upon the great questions of origin, of destiny, of immortality, of . . . other worlds, every honest man must say, 'I do not know.' Upon these questions, this is the creed of intelligence.

Every man who expresses an honest thought is a soldier in the army of intellectual liberty.

Old man's gotta be the old man. Fish has got to be the fish. Gotta be who you are in this world, no matter what.

"You are old, Father William," the young man cried, "The few locks which are left you are gray; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man,- Now tell me the reason I pray."

Audience response to The Man From U.N.C.L.E. back in the '60s - well, I was frankly surprised by the show's success and the attendant publicity for David and myself.

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.

If survival calls for the bearing of arms, bear them you must. But the most important part of the challenge is for you to find another means that does not come with the killing of your fellow man.

With my old man I got no respect. When he took me hunting he gave me a three minute head start. Then on the way home he tied me to the fender and put the deer in the car.

Were it not for gravity one man might hurl another by a puff of his breath into the depths of space, beyond recall for all eternity.

The history of the white man in India really jumped up and bit me in the neck.

A good man doesn't just happen. They have to be created by us women. A guy is a lump like this doughnut.

I don't owe one man one cent. Anywhere.

In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.

In tyranny lies only failure. Empower every man and you will gain strength.