- Geriatric
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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
- Fool
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- Nov 07, 2020
And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
As soon as it sounds fine, I'm on to the next thing, man.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy that too, but I get more enjoyment out of really listening to everyone.
- Nov 07, 2020
You can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a year.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man, I was a troubled kid. I was going to get kicked out of a Christian school and got sent to military school for a year and a half, and I didn't really have much direction until I got the opportunity to drive race cars.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a race car driver, you kind of get stereotyped into, 'Man, you like country' - or you got to say you like country. I do like a lot of country. But I'm all over the board.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went from thinking, 'I wonder if I can be a broadcaster. Will anybody give me a chance? Maybe I can get a shot at it,' to thinking, 'Man, I want to do this for a long time.'
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
At its very best, the Western model speaks for itself. It's the model that put food on the table. It's the refrigerators. It put a man on the moon.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The trouble is, they all run the risk of being interchangeable.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020