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Quotes About Man

Man with the great M is only an ideal, the species only something thought of.
~ Max Stirner
Monkey can make a long jump with his muscles; and man, with his wisdom!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
No man was ever lost except for one reason: having once left his ground he has let himself become too permanently settled abroad.
~ Meister Eckhart
I don't want to sound like some grumpy old man telling you to get off my lawn.
~ Michael Wilbon
My only complaint with 'Dickie' Bird is that he requires a degree of certainty that is almost neurotic; like the man who has to keep going to the front door to make certain that he's locked it.
~ Mike Brearley
The very beginning of Genesis tells us that God created man in order to give him dominion over fish and fowl and all creatures. Of course, Genesis was written by a man, not a horse.
~ Milan Kundera
The fundamental axiom, then, for the study of man is the existence of individual consciousness
~ Murray Rothbard
I'm not going to lie about it. I carry a satchel too. It's like a man purse. It's a whole thing.
~ Nick Jonas
Man is constantly building anxiety-structures, like geodesic domes, around his social and religious institutions.
~ Northrop Frye
The heart of man is "deceitful and desperately wicked."
~ Pat Robertson
In a few generations you can breed a racehorse. The recipe for making a man like Delacroix is less well known.
~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Oh yes!...The sweet summons of God to man. That's when He calls you up to His arms. And it's the most beautiful thing, a rebirth, a new life. But, just the same I'm in no rush to find out.
~ Oscar Hijuelos
I hyperventilate opening a box of chocolates. I'm the most nervous guy in the world, a frightened little man on red alert from when I wake until I go to sleep. I was born with fear.
~ Ozzy Osbourne
As long as a man does not sin, he is feared. As soon as he sins, he himself is in fear.
~ Rabbi Ishmael
Man discovers his own wealth when God comes to ask gifts of him.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Jacques Cousteau, the last man to see Jimmy Hoffa. Never got a dinner!
~ Red Buttons
The United States were a 35-year-old man, I think he'd be in a mental institution. Violent tendencies - delusions of grandeur - medicate heavily.
~ Rick Mercer
Usually the woman has an appointment with destiny, and the man just happens to be there.
~ Robert Breault
Man is a hybrid. From a lower order we have been genetically manipulated by advanced intelligences into what we are. Now that in itself is dynamite for god's sake.
~ Robert Dean
The Wheel of Time and the wheel of a man's life turn alike without pity or mercy.
~ Robert Jordan
A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
~ Haniel Long
Tiers of mountains Cold wind feet Not need fan Ice cold through Moon shines bright Mist covers everything Sit all alone One old man
~ Hanshan
I'm a pragmatic man. I'll veer on the dangerous side, because I love dangerous subjects, but I won't shoot a show in the foot.
~ Harold Prince
I fell in love with a man, not a Beatle.
~ Heather Mills