Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hans Selye

To remain healthy a man must have some goal, some purpose in life that he can respect and be proud to work for.

Hans Urs von Balthasar

Prior to an individual's encounter with the love of God at a particular time in history, however, there has to be another, more fundamental and archetypal encounter, which belongs to the conditions of possibility of the appearance of divine love to man.

Hans Urs von Balthasar

Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man.

Harlan Ellison

Repent, Harlequin," said the Ticktock Man. "Get stuffed," the Harlequin replied.

Harlan Coben

Man plans. God laughs.

Hamilton Jordan

If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, given them ballot access in September of the election year, they could have won the election.

I am no theologian. I am a layman. I am among those who are preached to, and who listen. It is not for me to preach. I should not willingly forego being a listener, a man who reads the Gospels and then listens to what others say that our Lord meant. But sometimes a listener speaks out, and listens to his own voice.

Certainly there are great men whose age circumscribes them so completely that we lose interest.

A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.

Gustav Stresemann

The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally.

Gustav Stresemann

History uses a unit of measure for time that is different from that of the lifespan of the individual, whereas man is only too ready to measure the evolution of history by his own yardstick.

Gustav Mahler

The longer you live and the more you learn, the more clearly you will feel the difference between the few men who are truly great and the mere virtuosi.

Gustave Flaubert

Ah! In fact there are two moralities ... The petty one, the conventional one, the one devised by men, that keeps changing and bellows so loudly, making a commotion down here among us, in a perfectly pedestrian way ... But the other one, the eternal one, is all around and above us, like a landscape that surrounds us and the blue sky that gives us light.

Gustave Flaubert

By working one can bend fortune. She is fond of crafty men.

Gustave Flaubert

I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen.

Gustave Flaubert

There are some men whose only mission among others is to act as intermediaries; one crosses them like bridges and keeps going.

Gustave Flaubert

It is splendid to be a great writer, to put men into the frying pan of your words and make them pop like chestnuts.

Gustave Flaubert

For some men, the stronger their desire, the more difficult it is for them to act.

Graydon Carter

Moping is an unattractive attribute in a man.

Graydon Carter

Every man in the back of their minds would like to own a bar or a racehorse.

Graydon Carter

Many men think they're playboys, but they invariably land wide of the mark. Surrounding yourself with champagne, fast friends, and paid escorts is the very definition of the word 'loser.'

Greg Behrendt

Men, for the most part, like to pursue women. We like not knowing if we can catch you. We feel rewarded when we do. Especially when the chase is a long one.

Greg Behrendt

A man would rather be trampled by elephants on fire than tell you he's just not that into you.

Greg Behrendt

An excuse is a polite rejection. Men are not afraid of 'ruining the friendship.

Greg Behrendt

If a man is really into you, nothing will stop him from being with you - including a fear of intimacy.

Greg Behrendt

He doesn’t have to love your CD collection. He doesn’t have to love your shoes. But any good, mature guy better make an attempt to love your friends and family—especially when they’re great.

Greg Behrendt

When it comes to men, deal with them as they are, not how you’d like them to be.

Greg Behrendt

The word “busy” is the relationship Weapon of Mass Destruction. It seems like a good excuse, but in fact, in every silo you uncover, all you’re going to find is a man who didn’t care enough to call. Remember: Men are never too busy to get what they want.

Greg Behrendt

We (men) would rather lose an arm out a city bus window than tell you simply, “You’re not the one.” We are quite sure you will kill us or yourself or both—or even worse, cry and yell at us.

Gordon Parks

If a man can reach the latter days of his life with his soul intact, he has mastered life.

Gordon Ramsay

Cooking today is a young man's game, I don't give a bollocks what anyone says.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

It is only great men who take up a great space by not being there.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

A sober man may become a drunkard through being a coward. A brave man may become a coward through being a drunkard.