- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man Quotes
Short lines on character, patience and what it means to be a man.
This is a smaller, general collection of quotes touching on manhood, character and patience. One well-known line uses golf as an example, a test of temperament disguised as a leisure game, to make a wider point about what reveals a man's spirit. For steadier, values-driven lines, see our Good quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mouth
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hand is, in the highest degree, a human characteristic. It is man's organ of grasp and of the sense of touch, while in animals these two functions are relegated to the mouth.
- Establishing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man is capable of every great heroism; it was man who found a means of conquering the formidable obstacles of his environment, establishing himself lord of the earth, and laying the foundations of civilization.
- Faithful
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- Nov 07, 2020
The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a writer, who was doomed to be a writer.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
My biggest dream since I was a kid was to be the woman sneaking on the pirate ship dressed like a man, who was this great sword fighter, and the captain fell in love with her.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of times, people say, 'You're so much like Loretta or Tammy Wynette.' But I feel kind of like one of the men. I'm like David Allan Coe. I've been to prison, man!
- Destiny
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- Nov 07, 2020
Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Alcohol is barren. The words a man speaks in the night of drunkenness fade like the darkness itself at the coming of day.
- Painting
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- Nov 07, 2020
No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved him.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can weave it into a rope to hang a man.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Burning Man, the audience is the show: the boundaries between stage and public overlap and melt. Every form of self-expression, every fantasy... everything has a place. It's kind of a utopia, and everyone who sets foot in it is so impressed that they do their best to respect it and keep it alive.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shoes are the first thing I notice on a man. I like classic styles - not too square, not too pointy, not too fashiony. There's a fine line between too much and too little effort.
- Alone
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- Nov 07, 2020
She goes through the vale of death alone, each time a babe is born. As it is the right neither of man nor the state to coerce her into this ordeal, so it is her right to decide whether she will endure it.
- Attitude
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- Nov 07, 2020