Men Quotes
When small men cast long shadows the sun is going down.Venita Cravens
Communism is what happens when, in the name of Mind, men free themselves from God.Whittaker Chambers, from Witness (1952)
When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire...Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus.
It is the excitement of becoming - Always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again - But always trying and always gaining...Lyndon B. Johnson, Inaugural Adress, January 20, 1965
One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among men.Bhagavad Gita
Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.Samuel Butle
If there is no worker involvement, there is no quality system.Lloyd Dobens and Clare Crawford - Mason, Thinking About Quality
Democracy: The substitution of election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.George Bernard Shaw
The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.Zeno, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year?Peter Ustinov
Most men do not mature, they simply grow taller.Leo Rosten
I have seen an end of all perfection but thy commandment is exceeding broad. N. B. This is the origin of the proverb, All good things must come to an end.Psalms 11996
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all - wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.Soren Kierkegaard
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.Franklin D. Roosevelt
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.Greek Prove
Do as most do, and men will speak well of you.Thomas Fulle
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.Herman Melville
All women should know how to take care of children. Most of them will have a husband some day.Franklin P. Jones
The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.John Calhoun
Most great men and women are not perfectly rounded in their personalities, but are instead people whose one driving enthusiasm is so great it makes their faults seem insignificant.Charles A. Cerami
Free children are not easily influenced; the absence of fear accounts for this phenomenon. Indeed, the absence of fear is the finest thing that can happen to a child.A. S. Neill, Summerhill
The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts.Rene Descartes
To be intelligent is to be open - Minded, active, memoried, and persistently experimental.Leopold Stein
For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.La Rochefoucauld
Nature is not affected by finance. If someone offered you ten thousand dollars to let them touch your eyeball without blinking, you would never collect the money. At the very last moment, Nature would force you to blink your eye. Nature will protect her own.Dick Gregory
The conscientious objector is a revoultionary. On deciding to disobey the law he sacrifices his personal interests to the most important cause of working for the betterment of society.Albert Einstein
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - Not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave.Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.Victor Hugo
Prejudice is opinion without judgement.Voltaire
The modern definition of racist is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal.Peter Brimelow, National Review (2/1/93)
For Brutus is an honourable man So are they all, all honourable men.William Shakespeare
Walking women want to see the southern cross at night And so they set aside a sock, and tie their laces tight Yes mournful is the melody that echoes in their heads Without a beat they march along, believing Bach is dead.The Residents "Duck Stab": Bach is Dead
My pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting. My attitude is not derived from any intellectual theory but is based on my deepest antipathy to every kind of cruelty and hatred.Albert Einstein
Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.Alexander Pope
Knowledge is essential to conquest only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment.Anne Besant
The right of bearing arms for a lawful purpose is not a right granted by the Constitution neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence.U. S. vs Cruikshan
