Quotes
Quotes about Men
Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion
The privilege of absurdity, to which no living creature is subject but men only.
The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
The Cincinnati policeman was using his nightstick like a posthole digger. (in reference to the death by ruptured kidney and other factors after the clubbing of Nathaniel Jones by 2 Cincinnati policemen).
The shriek was followed by another, louder and yet more agonizing..for once started upon that journey, the hog never came back. One by one the men hooked up the hogs and slit their throats. There was a line of hogs with squeals and lifeblood ebbing away.. until at last each vanished into a huge vat of boiling water (some still alive). The hogs were so innocent. They came so very trustingly. They were so very human in their protests. They had done nothing to deserve it. in the book THE JUNGLE.
Government is force, legalized plunder.
When I step out of the role you have written for me you make me feel like a plagiarist. from the play Jake's Women.
At first laying down, as a fact fundamental, That nothing with God can be accidental.
What the reason of the ant laboriously drags into a heap, the wind of accident will collect in one breadth. [Was der Ameise Vernunft muhsam, zu Haufen schleppt, jagt in einem Hui der Wind des Zufalls zusammen.
We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement.
It isn't the incompetent who destroys an organization. The incompetent never gets in a position to destroy it. It is those who have achieved something and want to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up.
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.
She racked her brain for words scathing enough to convey her opinion of their actions. When nothing came to her, she settled for the one unanswerable accusation. "Men!"
Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
Death comes to all but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.
Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.
Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was small.
The future is not a giftâit is an achievement.
If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy.
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality
