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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
- Prison
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- Nov 07, 2020
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic... for the grounds for that love have always been the assumption that we ought to realize that we are the same the whole world over.
- Jealousy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am now the target of the most powerful man in this country, with an army of aides whose major responsibility today seems to be to attack me and get rid of me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice President of the United States and my opponent turning around and putting me down.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've made a connection with the television audience by being a proud Latino man. I am passionate for what I do, courageous in the face of peril, honest and straightforward.
- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
In our society a man is known by the company he owns.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was out with my mum when a man started screaming at me: 'Georgia Groome. I love you.' Mum and I just looked at each other for a split second - and then ran away as fast as we could.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
- Nov 07, 2020
In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.
- Result
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- Nov 07, 2020
For members of a traditional society where many traditions have been discredited, an interest in modernity can result in a restless sophistication. Mehmet Ertegun seems not to have been a restless man.
- Edward
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Turkish Embassy in Washington is an ornate, eclectic building on the corner of Twenty-third Street and Massachusetts Avenue which was built originally for Edward Hamlin Everett, the man who put the crimp in bottle caps.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020