We see the world not as it is, but as we are.
Stephen CoveyWe learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
George Bernard ShawMen can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
George OrwellThere’s a personality trait known as agreeableness. Agreeable people are compassionate and polite. And agreeable people get paid less than disagreeable people for the same job. Women are more agreeable than men.
Jordan PetersonBut men are men; the best sometimes forget.
William ShakespeareMany men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
Alexander PopeI think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.
Marilyn MonroeFaith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.
Blaise PascalThe people respect and believe in men who fulfill their duty.
Fidel CastroDesign is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works.
Steve JobsEverything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
Martin Luther King, Jr.I don’t notice anybody unless they look great, and every now and again they do, and they are usually 70.
Vivienne WestwoodA lot of people think I’m a comedian.
Dolly PartonMen show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIt’s true that obscenity is a matter of taste and in the eye of the beholder.
Christopher HitchensWe must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.
Marcus Tullius CiceroInstead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.
Henry David ThoreauThey say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
Emily DickinsonHow we experience memory sometimes, it’s not linear. We’re not telling the stories to ourselves. We know the story; we’re just seeing it in flashes overlaid.
Frank OceanWhen I was 18, I thought that, to be a romantic, you couldn’t live past 30.
David BowieMen rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
Niccolo MachiavelliAs long as you know men are like children, you know everything!
Coco ChanelThe less you know, the more you believe.
BonoIt is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi-tasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that women might be less good at mathematics and physics.
Stephen HawkingEach generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
George OrwellYou will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don’t seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.
Henry FordFor me, the world that I inhabit in reality is probably a very different world than the one people expect that I would be in.
David BowieThe power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
George Bernard ShawAll men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.
Maya AngelouThe truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head.
Terry PratchettMen are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
EpictetusWhen people meet me, they say that I’m really kind – contrary to a lot of my music.
The WeekndPurposes, plans, and achievements of men may all disappear like yon cloud upon the mountain’s summit; but, like the mountain itself, the things which are of God shall stand fast for ever and ever.
Charles SpurgeonMen are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.
George OrwellMen must live and create. Live to the point of tears.
Albert CamusMen are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
Niccolo MachiavelliI was ill, and everyone could see it but me.
George BestMen are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.
Albert CamusGold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.
Abraham LincolnMen exist for the sake of one another.
Marcus AureliusThe more you are talked about the less powerful you are.
Benjamin DisraeliOur mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin.
Hermann HessePart of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child’s eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below.
George OrwellThe moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
George Bernard ShawI confused things with their names: that is belief.
Jean-Paul SartreHeathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I’m referring to one who does not see his world. He has no mental light. He destroys almost unwittingly. He cannot feel any Gods presence in his life. He is the 21st century man.
David BowieIt amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of a piece.
David BowieThere are many men who are forgotten, who are despised, and who are trampled on by their fellows, but there never was a man who was so despised as the everlasting God has been!
Charles SpurgeonThe image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.
Elvis PresleyI have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
Samuel JohnsonPerception often lags behind reality, and I can say from experience that the vast majority of public officials in Louisiana are much better than our reputation holds us to be.
John KennedyYou are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.
Maya AngelouExpectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it’s true.
Bill GatesIn my opinion, there is no aspect of reality beyond the reach of the human mind.
Stephen HawkingPeople do dismiss ambient music, don’t they? They call it ‚easy listening,‘ as if to suggest that it should be hard to listen to.
Brian EnoWe are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
BuddhaSomething unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
Benjamin DisraeliIf you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.
William JamesThe South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly.
James BaldwinLight thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.
Terry Pratchett