- 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
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips.
- Classification
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, it is foolish to believe that human beings are exempt from biological classification and the laws of evolution that apply to all other life forms.
- Mystery
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced and out of breath. There isn't time for reflection or critical self-examination.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been kind of a mutt creatively. I started off in journalism, and I've actually done more police and procedural shows than I've ever done science fiction shows. I was on 'Murder She Wrote,' I was on 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' I was on 'Jake and the Fat Man.'
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was a huge big band and jazz fan, and we both sort of enjoyed be-bop, but man, it required so much skill to play it. And then there was cool jazz, the era that Miles, Coltrane, and Ornette ushered in, and that found a home in me. It turns out that that music was just really where I breathed.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have the ability to create and be in touch with God. I can't change bread and wine into body and blood, but I can take the scum or the slime of the earth and make it into a man or woman.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stopped a lot of people who wanted to shove me into the real big time. Your ego wants to say, 'Hey, I'm somebody, man,' but I knew there were many days when I just wanted to be John Cale.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
All men ought to think of Christ because of the office Christ fills between God and man. He is the eternal Son of God through whom alone the Father can be known, approached, and served. He is the appointed Mediator between God and man through whom alone we can be reconciled with God, pardoned, justified, and saved.
- Congenial
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- Nov 07, 2020