- Me
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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
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriends - and he accepts it.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
If anybody had a reason to become a delinquent, to become a criminal, to be angry at the man, to be angry at the white man, to be angry at America, it's my dad, but he did not feel that way at all.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that. The man was tired. He was tired.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bill Gates wants people to think he's Edison, when he's really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates as the smartest man in America isn't right... wealth isn't the same thing as intelligence.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Burning Man is like a big family picnic. Would you sell things to one another at a family picnic? No, you'd share things.
- Enhances
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- Nov 07, 2020
People give because they identify with Burning Man, with our city, with our civic life. The idea of giving something to the citizens of Black Rock City has enormous appeal to them because it enhances their sense of who they are and magnifies their sense of being. That's a spiritual reward.
- Discipline
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ali was a guy that had a lot of discipline. If you hung around him, you'd be able to get some of that discipline that he had. And I learned from that. He was a sweet man.
- Realize
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- Nov 07, 2020
At some point, you've got to realize, you're either a leading man or you're not.
- Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trying on pants is one of the most humiliating things a man can suffer that doesn't involve a woman.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man - there's your diamond in the rough.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women love a self-confident bald man.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am hopeful that one day I will meet that right man and will have a very happy life partner.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020