Quotes of: Manned Keyword

Man fools himself. He prays for a long life, and he fears an old age.

Chinese

Man is like palm-wine: when young, sweet but without strength; in old age, strong but harsh.

Congolese

A priest is a man who is called Father by everyone except his own children who are obliged to call him Uncle.

Italian

I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet.

Jewish

Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.

Jewish

Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.

Persian

At twenty a man will be a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy a monkey, and at eighty nothing.

Spanish

If you want to know what a man is really like, notice how he acts when he loses money.

Traditional

Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.

Cat's Cradle

Homo homini lupus [man is wolf to man]. Who in the face of all his experience of life and of history, will have the courage to dispute this assertion?

Civilization and Its Discontents

There is nothing more notable in than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.

The Complete Essays

I'd been with boys before; I'd been with boys I'd thought were men. But this was different. David kissed like a man. He tasted, he smelled and he fucked like a man.

Come Undone

The time has come, that man should change his ideas to respect the woman and woman should her to trust the man. Now social interactions need a better way to grow up.

The Cavalier

To live, a man needs food, water, and a sharp mind.

Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II

Ein Individuum, das sich nicht in einen bürgerlichen Zustand zwingen [lässt], [kann] den Segnungen des Begriffs „Person“ nicht teilhaftig werden.

Der Terrorist als Gesetzgeber. Wie man mit Angst Politik macht

Our essence is change. We are movement. Being out of balance is life. Perfect balance. Stasis. That is death. Life yearns for perfection. Death is perfection.

Doctor Who: Last Man Running

Once, I remember, Father Abbot said that our purpose is justice, and with God lies the privilege of mercy. But even God, when he intends mercy, needs tools to his hand.

Dead Man's Ransom

[I do not believe] in a personal God, let alone a Christian God.

The Dilemmas of an Upright Man: Max Planck and the Fortunes of German Science

Not that she's a political animal, she's just an ordinary woman, but as a woman she's of the view that you don't bring children into the world to have them shot.

Every Man Dies Alone

The clown was an evil one. They’re either good or bad, and this one was definitely the latter.

Eating Smoke: One Man's Descent Into Crystal Meth Psychosis in Hong Kong's Triad Heartland

acordar não é uma simples passagem do sono para a vigília. É mais, um lentíssimo envelhecimento, cada despertar somando o cansaço da inteira humanidade. (...) a vida, ela toda, é um extenso nascimento

Every Man Is a Race