What Is Man Quotes

Man must at all costs overcome the Earth's gravity and have, in reserve, the space at least of the Solar System.

It is better to fail with your own vision than to fail with another man's vision.

As the saying goes, behind every great man is an even greater woman. I guess playing Hera [in Wonder Woman] means that I'm, well, not only Queen of the Gods, I'm better than he is!

If there's any such thing as a perfect man, I think John Coltrane was one. And I think that kind of perfection has to come from a greater force than there is here on earth.

Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam.

To be entirely safe from the devil's snares the man of God must be completely obedient to the Word of the Lord. The driver on the highway is safe, not when he reads the signs but when he obeys them.

Inside every fat man, there's a thin man trying to get out.

If it's that difficult for a rich man to get into heaven, think how terrible it must be for a poor man to get in . He doesn't even have a bribe for the gatekeeper.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on.

I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much.

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

I couldn't live without my music, man. Or me mum.

Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may please the speaker, are the torture of the hearer.

Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up.

Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.

The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg.

I think I would rather be a man than a god. We don’t need anyone to believe in us. We just keep going anyhow. It’s what we do.

The measure of a man is in the lives he’s touched.

An artist is only an ordinary man with a greater potentiality.

So easily do weak men put in high positions turn villains.

When Talking Heads started, we called ourselves Thinking Man's Dance Music.

Youth always tries to fill the void, an old man learns to live with it.

I am not an animal! I am a human being! I…am…a man!

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

It's up to you to be responsible for how you feel if you're not happy. Your happiness lies in your hands. You can't rely on a man to make you happy or complete you. That starts with you.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.

If God gives you rights, no man and no government can take them away from you.

The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul.

I’d like every man who doesn’t call himself a feminist to explain to the women in his life why he doesn’t believe in equality for women.

Un homme avec Dieu est toujours dans la majorite . One man with God is always a majority.

Since my life as a prisoner has begun I have heard the teachings of the white man's religion, and in many respects believe it to be better than the religion of my fathers

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.

To destroy abuses is not enough; Habits must also be changed. The windmill has gone, but the wind is still there." ~old man G--- to Monseigneur Bienvenu Myriel

Silence is the Mother of Truth, for the silent man was ever to be trusted, while the man ever ready with speech was never taken seriously.

If you’re a man at night, you’ve got to be a man in the morning.

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings.

Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career.

I was an artist, but not a self-proclaimed great artist, just a common man who was working in a form of art which is universal.

If only every man who sees my films did not get the impression he can make love to me, I would be a lot happier.

Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind.