Quotes of: A-good-man Keyword

Promise me, man. If anything ever happens to me, promise me you'll take care of Angelina. She's something special, Micah. Heart way too big for her own good. I worry because she doesn't see everyone for who they are. She's too busy looking for the go...

Sweet Temptation

The readiest way which God takes to draw a man to himself is, to afflict him in that he loves most, and with good reason; and to cause this affliction to arise from some good action done with a single eye; because nothing can more clearly show him th...

A Plain Account of Christian Perfection (Foundations of Faith)

Man has to eat, so thank God some food tastes good. However, if men had no taste buds, or sense of smell, all food would be good. So hooray! And also boo for boring. That’d mean nothing exciting to look forward to. However, you could eat healthy gr...

This Book is Not FOR SALE

I wanted a guy who made my stomach flutter, who was polite and respectful to everyone because he didn't think of anybody as beneath him, a man who did good things not because of what he’d gain but simply because it was the right thing to do. I want...

Your Guardian Angel

To be content in utter darkness and ignorance is indeed unmanly, and therefore we think that to love light and find knowledge must always be right. Yet wherever pride has any share in the work, even knowledge and light may be ill pursued. Knowledge i...

John Ruskin

H. H. Hughson: You are a man of obvious good taste in everything. Why did you... John Robie: Why did I take up stealing? To live better, to own things I couldn't afford, to acquire this good taste that you now enjoy and which I should be very relucta...

To Catch a Thief

It is high time for the living to get tough, for toughness is indispensable in the struggle to safeguard and develop the life-force; this will not detract from their goodness, as long as they stand courageously by the truth. There is ground for hope ...

Listen, Little Man!

I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars.” Imagine if each day a man must try to kill the moon, he thought. The moon runs away. . . . Then he was sorry for the great fish that...

The Old Man and the Sea

Man is the vainest of all creatures that have their being upon earth. As long as heaven vouchsafes him health and strength, he thinks that he shall come to no harm hereafter, and even when the blessed gods bring sorrow upon him, he bears it as he nee...

Homer

Lester Burnham: Man, oh man. Man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man. [last words, while looking at a picture of his family]

American Beauty

A blind man needs no looking glass.

Scottish

When a rich man wants children, he gets dollars, when a poor man wants dollars, he gets children.

Arabian

The bachelor is a peacock, the engaged man a lion, and the married man a jackass.

German

God made man because he loves to hear stories, Alessandro said. That's a good story, huh?

In the City of Shy Hunters

Somehow, the Good Lord don't want to see no man start a cold morning with just black coffee.

A Day No Pigs Would Die

A broken heart, too much cold beer, ocean waves and a willing man were never a good combination, no matter what the country songs said.

Driftwood Summer

Only the free and personal man is a good citizen (realist), and even with the lack of particular (scholarly, artistic, etc)culture, a tasteful judge (humanist).

The False Principle of Our Education

The suffering man ought really to consume his own smoke; there is no good in emitting smoke till you have made it into fire.

On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History

Don't. Tell me when, then. And before you say never, take a good look at me and tell me if you see a man who's easily deterred.

Bared to You

Gemmell's name guarantees a satisfying story and a thumping good read. I recommend all his heroic creations - 'Druss the axeman,' 'the Jerusalem man,' among others - but my favourite has to be 'Waylander': Clint Eastwood with a crossbow and the same ...

Neal Asher

Children from like 8 and even up to the college age - Spider-Man appeals to a fairly broad demographic but, like I said, a mean age probably of 12 is a good mark - they process information so quickly and it's not because of attention deficit or short...

Thomas Haden Church