Quotes of: Ordinary-man Keyword

But think of the glory of the choice! That makes a man a man. A cat has no choice, a bee must make honey. There's no godliness there.

East of Eden

Or, as Sextus, the ancient Pythagorian philosopher, said, "The wise man is always similar to himself." -

Eat, Pray, Love

He was a man's man: an expert on the golf course, a force to be dealt with in business, and a Texan through and through--and proud of it.

The Emissary: A Novel

Remembrance and reflection how allied! What thin partitions Sense from Thought divide!

Essay on Man and Other Poems

And then I know I'm being a man, not just some kid who's upset and wants it his way.

The First Part Last

Wie lange braucht man jeden Tag, bis man sich kennt." "How long it takes us, each day, to know each other.

Forever

I fear oblivion. I fear it like the proverbial blind man who's afraid of the dark.

The Fault in Our Stars

A woman's intuition is better than a man's. Nobody knows anything, really, you know, and a woman can guess a good deal nearer than a man.

The Gilded Age

This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

God Emperor of Dune

That is sacrilegious. You just totally dissed man code. If we don’t have man code, the world will fall apart." Kip Paxton

Guitar Face

And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men; whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them.

A Guide to Men

Even a wise man knows doubt from time to time, it is the fool who allows it to rule his judgement.

The Goblin Market

He had a look of composed dissatisfaction, as if he understood life thoroughly.

A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories

Men can be teenagers until well into their twenties. That is well known

The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café

When life has gone into overtime it's easy to take liberties,

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

Forgive me for being the stupidest man on the planet?” “Careful. You’re talking about the man I love.

Her Secret Fling

Every man carries the seed of his own death, and you will not be more than a man. You will have everything; you cannot have more…

The Hollow Hills

The classical man's worst fear was inglorious death; the modern man's worst fear is just death

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

For your information, I do love you. Although at times like this I have to wonder why.

Best Man's Conquest

I don’t feel old. I just feel like someone young who has something wrong with him.

The Blind Man's Garden

I’m not blanketing the truth when I say: Give a man a brick, and he’ll fish for a day. But give a man a fish, and he’ll brick for the rest of his life. 


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