Quotes about Man, page 8

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about man

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about man

I don't want to talk in terms of miracles. I think this is a very serious situation. But I do want to talk in terms of Bush becoming a man of the hour, and I think this is way to do it.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about man

Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Therefore set it down: That a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about man

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about man

If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grandchildren. I want them to not send a bunch of strangers' kids in there to fight and die.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about man

Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about man

There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about man

With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about man

With these real smart men in power, if we could just think of a new way to solve this problem without war, I think people would be so happy and delighted with America.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about man

Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about man

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about man

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall, the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

The worst men often give the best advice.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man