- Important
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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
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
Monday is great if I can spend it in bed. I'm a man of simple pleasures, really.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have.
- Distinguished
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
So far things are going my way. I am known in the hospice as The Man Who Wouldn't Die. I don't know if this is true or not, but I think some people, not many, are starting to wonder why I'm still around.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was terrible. 2012, no voice. I would fall to my knees and look up at God and say, 'Oh, man, this is tough. I don't know how to be a person.' And finally, I would sing some shows where the voice crapped out. There were people in the audience. I did my best. I saw that there was lots of love and support.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence, and obsolescence.
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
- Nov 07, 2020
I thought Winston Churchill was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
Critics who have said a safer shot here or there would undoubtedly have won me a few more tournaments are probably correct. Going for the green in two was who I was as a boy - and it's who I remain as a man.
- Dumb
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- Nov 07, 2020