Quotes with men-intellectuals

Quotes 721 till 740 of 2161.

  • Washington Irving In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part.
    Washington Irving
    American writer (1783 - 1859)
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  • J. A. Dever In communities where men build ships for their own sons to fish or fight from, quality is never a problem
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  • Albert Bushnell Hart In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined to be the foundation of the American commonwealth.
    Albert Bushnell Hart
    American historian, writer, and editor (1854 - 1943)
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  • Audre Lorde In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequently heard that Black women are more easily hired than are Black men.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Alexander Hamilton In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
    Alexander Hamilton
    American statesman (1757 - 1804)
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  • Lord George Byron In general I do not draw well with literary men - not that I dislike them but I never know what to say to them after I have praised their last publication.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Walter Lippmann In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Gamaliel Bradford In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are.
    Gamaliel Bradford
    American biographer, critic, poet, and dramatist (1863 - 1932)
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  • Bob Woodward In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy.
    Woodward and Bernstein. The Final Days, chapter 14 (1976)
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • John Ruskin In health of mind and body, men should see with their own eyes, hear and speak without trumpets, walk on their feet, not on wheels, and work and war with their arms, not with engine-beams, nor rifles warranted to kill twenty men at a shot before you can see them.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Camille Paglia In high school in the early Sixties, I dreamed of intellectual work by women that would match the highest male standards and set men on their ear. A lot of women have done a lot of academic work since then, but most of them fall short of that standard.
    Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Andrew Cohen In my experience, men are not necessarily less sensitive or compassionate than women are, and women are not necessarily any less aggressive or competitive than men are - as a matter of fact, often they are more so!
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • Barry Unsworth In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes.
    Barry Unsworth
    English writer (1930 - 2012)
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  • A. J. P. Taylor In my opinion we learn nothing from history except the infinite variety of men's behaviour. We study it, as we listen to music or read poetry, for pleasure, not for instruction
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • A. J. P. Taylor In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • Lord Chesterfield In my opinion, parsons are very like other men, neither the better nor the worse for wearing a black gown.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Charles M. Schwab In my wide association in life, meeting with many and great men in various parts of the world, I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.
    Charles M. Schwab
    American industrialist (1862 - 1939)
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  • Oscar Wilde In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Oscar Wilde In old days men had the rack. Now they have the Press.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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