Quotes with gentle-man

Quotes 2521 till 2540 of 4582.

  • John Kenneth Galbraith Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • Kahlil Gibran Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow man.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Albert Camus More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself. Everything one tries to do for the common good ends in failure.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Samuel Johnson More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Gabriel Heatter More power than all the success slogans ever penned by human hand is the realization for every man that he has but one boss. That boss is the man - he - himself.
    Gabriel Heatter
    American radio commentator and journalist (1890 - 1972)
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  • Andrew Cohen Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity.
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • Ben Nicholas Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.
    Ben Nicholas
    Australian actor
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  • Alan Moore Most of the people who get sent to die in wars are young men who've got a lot of energy and would probably rather, in a better world, be putting that energy into copulation rather than going over there and blowing some other young man's guts out.
    Alan Moore
    English writer (1953 - )
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  • John Ruskin Mountains are to the rest of the body of the earth, what violent muscular action is to the body of man. The muscles and tendons of its anatomy are, in the mountain, brought out with force and convulsive energy, full of expression, passion, and strength.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time, which every day produces, and which most men throw away, but which nevertheless will make at the end of it no small deduction for the life of man.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Walter Savage Landor Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
    Walter Savage Landor
    British poet (1775 - 1864)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Queen Elizabeth I Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word.
    Queen Elizabeth I
    Queen of England and Ireland (1533 - 1603)
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  • Barry Hannah My dad read history, about a book a day, but only after he retired as a successful bank and insurance man.
    Barry Hannah
    American novelist (1942 - 2010)
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  • Beverly Sills My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.
    Beverly Sills
    American operatic soprano (1929 - 2007)
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  • Bill Goldberg My experience with video games is a far cry from 'WWE 2K17.' Did I ever aspire to be that character? Man, I just wanted to be a hero to kids. Whether it's a character in a video game, a movie or a TV series, it's an accolade that I'm greatly appreciative of.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Antonio Villaraigosa My father was predisposed to drunken rages. I would hide under the bed. My sister and I were talking just the other day about the terror a drunken man in a rage can create in a child.
    Antonio Villaraigosa
    American politician (1953 - )
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  • Aaron Klug My father was trained as a saddler, but in fact as a young man worked in his father's business of rearing and selling cattle, so he grew up in the countryside.
    Aaron Klug
    British biophysicist (1926 - 2018)
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