Quotes
Quotes about Man
What deep and worthy love is so, whether of woman or child, or art or music. Our caresses, our tender words, our still rapture under the influence of autumn sunsets, or pillared vistas, or calm majestic statues, or Beethoven symphonies all bring with them the consciousness that they are mere waves and ripples in an unfathomable ocean of love and beauty; our emotion in its keenest moment passes from expression into silence, our love at its highest flood rushes beyond its object and loses itself in the sense of divine mystery.
The folly of a man in love is unlimited.
[N]o young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman's love is declared,* it must be very improper that a young lady should dream of a gentleman before the gentleman is first known to have dreamt of her.
[O]n the contrary, love is not love at all if a girl desires to marry a man for his money alone, but that, in her opinion, riches were a vain thing, and true love only the affection which can stand the test of separation...
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do.
Gentleman: Knows how to play the bagpipes, but doesn't.
Politics: n. from Greek; "poli"-many; "tics"-ugly, bloodsucking
Too many of us speak twice before we think.
You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
Gentleman: Knows how to play the bagpipes, but doesn't.
Bad command or file name. Go stand in the corner.
How many weeks are there in a light year?
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet tired of the man.
Cats took many thousands of years to domesticate humans.
I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail.
There are many kinds of people in the world. Are you one of them?
One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where
Cats took many thousands of years to domesticate humans.
If a man write a better book, or make a better mouse-trap ... the world will make a beaten path to his door.
Forbidden fruit is responsible for many a bad jam.
Gentleman: Knows how to play the bagpipes, but doesn't.
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
