Quotes with man-being

Quotes 4921 till 4940 of 6261.

  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • James Russell Lowell The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Robert Benchley The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
    Robert Benchley
    American humorist, criticus (1889 - 1945)
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  • Napoleon The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The surest way to ruin a man who doesn't know how to handle money is to give him some.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Woody Allen The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Bob Wells The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.
    Bob Wells
     
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  • Arthur Young The tendency of philosophers who know nothing of machinery is to talk of man as a mere mechanism, intending by this to imply that he is without purpose. This shows a lack of understanding of machines as well as of man.
    Arthur Young
     
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  • Helen Rowland The tenderest spot in a man's make-up is sometimes the bald spot on top of his head.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • E. B. White The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it - the speed of his acceptance.
    E. B. White
    American writer (1899 - 1985)
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  • Robert Fitzgerald The test of a given phrase would be: Is it worthy to be immortal? To ''make a beeline'' for something. That's worthy of being immortal and is immortal in English idiom. ''I guess I'll split'' is not going to be immortal and is excludable, therefore excluded.
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  • George Bernard Shaw The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Samuel Butler The thief. Once committed beyond a certain point he should not worry himself too much about not being a thief any more. Thieving is God's message to him. Let him try and be a good thief.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Ben Whishaw The thing I love most about acting is that your capacity evolves as you evolve as a human being.
    Ben Whishaw
    English actor (1980 - )
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  • Anna Quindlen The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
    Anna Quindlen
    American author and journalist (1952 - )
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  • Lech Walesa The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I se it, is service to a fellow human being.
    Lech Walesa
    Polish trade union leader, activist and president (1943 - )
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  • Cam Newton The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, when you going out there whether being prepared or not, you have to react. And if you're thinking, you're already a step behind.
    Cam Newton
    American football player (1989 - )
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  • Marguerite Duras The thing that's between us is fascination, and the fascination resides in our being alike. Whether you're a man or a woman, the fascination resides in finding out that we're alike.
    Marguerite Duras
    French author and filmmaker (1914 - 1996)
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