Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

I hated to be treated as a child. I thought it was the worst situation.

Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.

The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.

The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

The assertion that ‚all men are created equal‘ was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.

How should a man be capable of grooming his own horse, or of furbishing his own spear and helmet, if he allows himself to become unaccustomed to tending even his own person, which is his most treasured belonging?

I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It’s one of the reasons I dropped out of school.

A song is anything that can walk by itself.

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future… but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don’t let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.

Where a man can live, he can also live well.

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.

A man makes you feel important – makes you glad you are a woman.

Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.

We’re not a fragile people. We’re not a frightful people. Our power doesn’t come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don’t look to be ruled.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

By what principle of original right is it that one-fiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have the right to break up and ruin that nation as a matter of original principle?

I have always liked running, so it wasn’t particularly difficult to make it a habit. All you need is a pair of running shoes and you can do it anywhere. It does not require anybody to do it with, and so I found the sport perfectly fits me as a person who tends to be independent and individualistic.

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.

Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought.

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.

A man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

I learned to fly a few years ago in England. It’s the only place I’m completely alone – up in the air, detached from everything.

Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.

If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.

The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

I’m old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I’d tell them where to put it.

I work hard for the audience. It’s entertainment. I don’t need validation.

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.

Temptation is a woman’s weapon and man’s excuse.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

A man who has no office to go, to I don’t care who he is, is a trial of which you can have no conception.

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.