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Quotes About Man

The characteristic common to God and man is apparently that: the desire and the ability to make things.
~ Dorothy L. Sayers
The finger in the jar atop the entertainment center served as a reminder: death was far kinder than the fate Juanita could have suffered at the hands of that other man.
~ Heidi Glick, Dog Tags
Is this what she would have wanted, Hawke?" Ronan asked quietly. "Justice at the cost of an innocent man and his child?
~ Sloane Kennedy, Retribution
The time is always now to declare your freedom!"..."The Authority says that Anarchy is the devil. But I say that a man who's both an anarchist and a patriot has been ordained by God himself!
~ Logan Keys
The state of the mind defines a man.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
In order to reach his destiny and have dominion over the earth, man has to get wisdom.
~ Sunday Adelaja
As the son of a son of a sailor, I went out on the sea for adventure. Expanding the view of the captain and crew Like a man just released from indenture.
~ James William "Jimmy" Buffett
I'd like to be a wounded leading man. Instead of a pillar of strength, I'd be the scared one.
~ Jamie Kennedy
one who possessed Beauty without Vanity,"' he said aloud to Barnabas. '"Strength without Insolence, / Courage without Ferocity, / And all the virtues of Man without his Vices.
~ Jan Karon
t is a lonely washin' that hasn't a man's shirt in it.
~ Jan Karon
George Macdonald wrote this: 'Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best. God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best and man will not take it.
~ Jan Karon
The only other item was a duffel bag. Inside were some clothes and a couple boxes of rounds—nine millimeter and .45. I wasn't sure what it said about a man when he traveled with two boxes of ammo and only one change of underwear, but I was pretty sure it was nothing good.
~ Jana Deleon
No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.
~ Jane Austen
You were mean and worried then and you're mean and worried now. The expression on your face hasn't changed one bit. It's a dangerous man who reacts more or less in the same way to good news or bad news.
~ Jane Bowles
Mercy is the mark of a great man! (stabs defeated opponent) I guess I'm just a good man. (stabs opponent again) Well ... I'm alright.
~ Jane Espenson
He was beautiful, but he was what he was. A man.
~ Jane Porter
You cannot understand what makes things live when you must first rob their life. And so when man learned to categorize, number and dissect nature, he lost its living quality and no longer felt a part of it.
~ Jane Roberts
The heart of a city Is the soul of a man It winds like a river Through the heart of the land They can tear down a building They can tear down a park They can strike at a symbol But they can't strike the heart
~ Janis Ian
Show me a hero and I'll show you a man enslaved by his competence.
~ Janny Wurts
No driven man hears unwanted counsel.
~ Janny Wurts
Fear is a basic human instinct and an indicator of the gravity of a situation. It becomes an asset if it is effectively controlled. It becomes a weakness for a man if he lets it to prevail over him."
~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Mies on lihaksi tullut vitutus.
~ Jarkko Laine
Authentic femininity is a combination of class, tenderness and virtue. When a woman possesses these traits, a man will naturally want to be more of a gentleman around her.
~ Jason Evert
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. —BERTRAND RUSSELL
~ Douglas T. Kenrick