Quotes of: Straight-man Keyword

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

Confucius

The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men.

Edvard Munch

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

Iris Murdoch

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.

Marcus Aurelius

I'm a free spirit, so if I am with someone it has to be a man who understands that, and not all men do.

Marisa Berenson

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

William Ellery Channing

Old Man: Sicker 'n' a dog, that's for sure.

American Graffiti

Fran Kubelik: When you're in love with a married man, you shouldn't wear mascara.

The Apartment

The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.

Aneurin Bevan

I am a Soviet man, and Yeltsin is a Soviet man - maybe our grandchildren will be different.

Aleksandr Lebed

The true measure of a man is how he treats you when others are not looking.

Alessandra Torre

I'm a Southern girl. I like when they open the door and pull out a chair. I'm really into a man's man.

Brooke Burns

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

Benjamin Disraeli

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

Alfred Adler

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.

Jean de la Bruyere

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

Baruch Spinoza

I was a very serious young man, very committed to saving the world.

Samuel Dash

A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.

Tom Stoppard

Nothing knits man to man like the frequent passage from hand to hand of cash.

Love

In the beginning God created man in His own image, and man has been trying to repay the favor ever since.

Voltaire

Ally McBeal walks down the streets crying, looking for the right man. I don't do that.

Vonda Shepard