Quotes of: Straight-man Keyword

Which is it? Is man only a blunder of God? Or is God only a blunder of man?

Twilight of the Idols, Or, How to Philosophize With the Hammer

Until the War, we claimed to be equal; simpletons, some say, but equal man to man.

Paris in April

Life wore a man out, wore a man thin. Tomorrow would be a better day.

Pulp

Every man possesses the Buddha-nature. Do not demean yourselves.

A Primer Of Soto Zen

There is an old legend that somewhere in the world every man has his double.

The Tenth Man

Young man, the truth is what you create.

Unknown Book 12735975

I'll teach you how to come with a man inside you. Not a boy, Addison, a man.

Veiled Innocence

You,” I said, “are sweet music in a distant room.

The Wise Man's Fear

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

Aristotle

It was a question of helping a man prepare in the way that suits him best. The theory is if you give a man responsibility for his own actions, then it is up to him to accept that responsibility.

David Gower

So funktioniert Höflichkeit. Man pflegt Beziehungen mit Leuten, auch wenn man sie nicht mag.

Tagebuch eines schlimmen Jahres

When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.

George Foreman

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

Henry Miller

When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her.

Mason Cooley

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

Nelson Mandela

The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing.

Oscar Wilde

If man is man and God is God, to live without prayer is not merely an awful thing: it is an infinitely foolish thing.

Phillips Brooks

You know, this whole thing about Ricky Martin, and how successful that young man is. He's 27, I was 29.

Robert Conrad

I was a healthy young man, and I thought I was invincible before I was diagnosed with kidney disease.

Sean Elliott

I was told that if I wanted to be a leading man in Hollywood, I couldn't possibly be thought of as gay.

Sean Maher

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

Sophocles