Quotes with man-on-the-street

Quotes 2301 till 2320 of 4652.

  • Joseph De Maistre Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.
    Joseph De Maistre
    French diplomat and philosopher (1753 - 1821)
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  • Lily Tomlin Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
    Lily Tomlin
    American Comedienne (1939 - )
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Plato Man is a being in search of meaning.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Gaston Bachelard Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.
    Gaston Bachelard
    French scientist and philosopher (1884 - 1962)
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  • Mark Twain Man is a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catch words.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Bertrand Russell Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Charles Lamb Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.
    Charles Lamb
    English essayist (1775 - 1834)
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  • Aristotle Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Man is a gregarious animal and much more so in his mind than in his body. A golden rule; judge men not by their opinions but by what their opinions have made of them.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Carl Sandburg Man is a long time coming.
    Man will yet win.
    Brother may yet line up with brother:
    This old anvil laughs at many broken hammers.
    There are men who can't be bought.
    The People Will Live On (1936)
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • William Hazlitt Man is a make-believe animal - he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has free will.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
    The Zookeepers Wife (2008)
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • Edmond de Goncourt Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.
    Edmond de Goncourt
    French writer and critic (1822 - 1896)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Man is a natural polygamist. He always has one woman leading him by the nose and another hanging on to his coattails.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Sir Thomas Browne Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.
    Sir Thomas Browne
    British author, physician and philosopher (1605 - 1682)
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  • Oscar Wilde Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act according with the dictates of reason.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Alexander Hamilton Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
    Alexander Hamilton
    American statesman (1757 - 1804)
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