Quotes with man-on-the-street

Quotes 1561 till 1580 of 4652.

  • Alexander Herzen I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought.
    Alexander Herzen
    Russian journalist and political thinker (1812 - 1870)
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  • Ace Frehley I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth.
    Ace Frehley
    American musician and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Abigail Adams I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life....Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
    Abigail Adams
    Wife of John Adams (1744 - 1818)
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  • Malcolm X I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • John D. Rockefeller I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
    John D. Rockefeller
    American industrialist: founder Exxon (1839 - 1937)
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  • Thomas Paine I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Susan Sarandon I believe in using words, not fists... I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
    Susan Sarandon
    American actress and activist (1946 - )
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  • David Herbert Lawrence I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur of life, of human life, troubling his hitherto unconscious self.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Booker T. Washington I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high water mark of pure and useful living.
    Booker T. Washington
    American Black Leader and Educator (1856 - 1915)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Mark Twain I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Cormac McCarthy I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am.
    Al de mooie paarden (1992) 197
    Cormac McCarthy
    American novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and screenwriter (1933 - 2023)
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  • Abraham Lincoln I can see how a man can look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • George Bernard Shaw I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • A. R. Ammons I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.
    A. R. Ammons
    American poet (1926 - 2001)
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  • Anne Brontë I cannot love a man who cannot protect me.
    Anne Brontë
    British writer (1820 - 1849)
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  • Mark Twain I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious - except he purposely shut the eyes of his mind and keep them shut by force.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Robert E. Lee I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
    Robert E. Lee
    American legeraanvoerder (1807 - 1870)
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  • William Shakespeare I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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