Men Quotes

The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.

All men are equal before fish.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and in touch with are their own.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.

Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.