Quotes with man-being

Quotes 6121 till 6140 of 6261.

  • Gloria Steinem A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of current silver. An honest man would have but little occasion for it. It is golden not to have any rule at all in such a case.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Pablo Picasso Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • Marguerite Duras Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny.
    Marguerite Duras
    French author and filmmaker (1914 - 1996)
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  • Samuel Butler All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Samuel Butler All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Meister Eckhart All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.
    Meister Eckhart
    German mystic (1260 - 1328)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man had taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Derek Jarman All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly defensive. It's like an ideal of racial purity.
    Derek Jarman
    British movie maker, artist, writer (1942 - 1994)
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  • Cato the Elder An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
    Cato the Elder
    Roman senator and historian (234 - 149)
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  • Oscar Wilde An ordinary man away from home giving advice.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Jean Arp Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb.
    Jean Arp
    German-French sculptor, painter, poet (1886 - 1966)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Backbite. To ''speak of a man as you find him'' when he can't find you.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Alfred E. Smith Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you.
    Alfred E. Smith
    American politician (1873 - 1944)
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  • Iris Murdoch Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • Carl Hagelin Being in my best shape, my conditioning, it's something I pride myself in.
    Carl Hagelin
    Swedish ice hockey player (1988 - )
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  • Alfred Marshall But if inventions have increased man's power over nature very much, then the real value of money is better measured for some purposes in labour than in commodities.
    Alfred Marshall
    British economist (1842 - 1924)
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  • Alfred Marshall But if inventions have increased man's power over nature very much, then the real value of money is better measured for some purposes in labour than in commodities.
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  • William Shakespeare By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death ... and let it go which way it will, he that dies this year is quit for the next.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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