Standing armies can never consist of resolute robust men; they may be well-disciplined machines, but they will seldom contain men under the influence of strong passions, or with very vigorous faculties.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Related There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under ... EDMUND BURKE People constantly speak of "the government" doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it.... H.L. MENCKEN The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They ar... HENRY DAVID THOREAU The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I'm thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecr... ERICA JONG There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the ... EDMUND BURKE Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conser... RALPH WALDO EMERSON As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines. JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change... ALBERT EINSTEIN There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men... AUBERON HERBERT For many men it is very difficult to accept and understand Infertility. They think only women can be... RAVI RANJAN GOSWAMI Men may scoff, and men may pray,
But they pay
Every pleasure with a pain. WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passio... ALGERNON SYDNEY Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passio... ALGERNON SIDNEY Networks like Adult Swim allow artists to be artists and allow their vision to come through without ... SCOTT ADSIT Women don't manipulate men. They cleverly influence men SOTONYE ANGA The words I'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow to an animal THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Laws cannot succeed in rekindling the ardor of an extinguished faith, but men may be interested in t... ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE In consequence of inventing machines, men will be devoured by them. JULES VERNE Men are admitted into heaven not because they have curbed and governed their passions or have no pas... WILLIAM BLAKE Men may believe what they cannot prove. They may not be put to the proof of their religious doctrine... WILLIAM ORVILLE DOUGLAS Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY In this way he will draw men to him by the strong cords of their passions, made reason-proof by bein... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are, but not with men; foll... GERMAINE GREER The mind as well as the body must be not only strong but well disciplined in order to act with promp... 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Especially strong-jawed men wit... SOPHIE KINSELLA Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and th... JOHN LOCKE We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have th... JOHN F. KENNEDY We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have th... JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have th... JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY We believe that if men have the talent to invent need machines that put men out of work, they have t... JOHN F. KENNEDY When men talk about the agony of being men, they can never quite get away from the recurrent theme o... PAT CONROY But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice. ROBERT JORDAN A state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even fo... JOHN STUART MILL Men may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do. LEWIS CASSEN 'Tis a fine thing for children to learn to make verse; but when they come to be men, they must speak... JOHN SELDEN Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills o... SIR HUGH WALPOLE Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills o... HORACE WALPOLE Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills ... HORACE WALPOLE Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy networ... WILLEM DAFOE Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain... JOHANN VON GOETHE Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or mo... THOMAS HOBBES Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more... THOMAS HOBBES Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a m... SAMUEL JOHNSON They never threatened the men physically. They were very courteous and careful. LOREE MCNAMEE Atheism is not against god, it is against the religious establishment who use god they have never se... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slav... HAVELOCK ELLIS The Holy Father spoke not only to the Catholic community, but to men and women of conscience on ever... TODD AKIN How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the ri... AUBERON HERBERT This robust report suggests that the vigorous pace of factory activity ... may not moderate signific... MICHELLE GIRARD Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by... WILLIAM PENN As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men. PIERRE CORNEILLE With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plea; but to tyrants I will give no quarte... WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quar... WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON Strong men cry. Stronger men cry or laugh with them. BRENT M. JONES When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most tr... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Many men go into the ministry not only for the power trip involved, but also so that they will never... FRANK ZINDLER They get off the ball real quick. They look like they're very well disciplined and very well coached... GREG HAMPTON Some men lead by fear. Fear of that which can not be seen or known for this can be very effective wh... MICHAEL K. MCFADDEN, M.D. It was another one of those games where it just didn't feel like we had a real convincing lead. They... DOUG NOFZIGER Men hear loud voices, but they listen to strong words. TOBA BETA Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Yet this corporate being, though so insubstantial to our senses, binds, in Burkes words, a man to hi... WALTER LIPPMANN Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plow... FREDERICK DOUGLASS As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they ... J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they ... MARCEL PROUST All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law. ANDY ROONEY Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and
deliberately, rebel against anything that does... THOMAS CARLYLE Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does ... THOMAS CARLYLE I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men. BENJAMIN F. WADE Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing... they themselves ... SAMUEL SMILES Great designers seldom make great advertising men, because they get overcome by the beauty of the pi... JAMES RANDOLPH ADAMS The conflict between the men who make and the men who report the news is as old as time. News may be... JAMES RESTON How strangely men act. They will not praise those who are living at the same time and living with th... MARCUS AURELIUS Not any soul on this earth can withstand the assault of the spirit. They may not accept it, they may... ELDER FEATHERSTONE Memories may escape the action of the will, may sleep a long time, but when stirred by the right inf... JOHN MUIR When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most tr... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW We had been with the men, we had let them do what they wanted. But they would never know the parts o... EMMA CLINE Men must be governed by God, or they will be ruled by tyrants. WILLIAM PENN Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants WILLIAM PENN Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants. WILLIAM PENN It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem. AMELIA BARR She decided at once that she and the boy were cut of the same bookish cloth, and could quite possibl... JORDAN STRATFORD Events may be horrible or inescapable. Men have always a choice - if not whether, then how, they may... LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD
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MARY SHELLEY Elegance is inferior to virtue. MARY SHELLEY It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their mind... MARY SHELLEY There is no such thing as women's intuition. You all just have crap poker faces. RACHEL SHELLEY I do have a fantasy piece of technology that would do my food shopping for me, and if you wanted to,... RACHEL SHELLEY I've always been Mac, so I guess I always will be. I can't imagine I will change now. RACHEL SHELLEY Yes I am definitely an 'Orange is the New Black' fan... Not an obsessive, but a fan none the... RACHEL SHELLEY We constantly abuse and defend a woman's prerogative to change her mind. RACHEL SHELLEY I'm not big on technology; I only get what I need. RACHEL SHELLEY I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. I... RACHEL SHELLEY Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that. RACHEL SHELLEY I replaced someone on 'Days of our Lives' once, and the fans hated me. She was a redhead, I ... SHELLEY HENNIG I was so cold the other day, I almost got married. SHELLEY WINTERS In Hollywood all the marriages are happy, it's trying to live together afterwards that causes all th... SHELLEY WINTERS I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn't last long. SHELLEY WINTERS I'm actually loving the soundtrack to 'The Secret Circle' that our music supervisor Liza... SHELLEY HENNIG Soul meets soul on lovers lips. PERCY SHELLEY It was so cold I almost got married. SHELLEY WINTERS Every day the fat woman dies a series of small deaths. SHELLEY BOVEY Now that I'm over sixty I'm veering toward respectability. SHELLEY WINTERS If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win. SHELLEY LONG He who promises more than he is able to perform, is false to himself; and he who does not perform wh... GEORGE SHELLEY I was the happiest in English class, and algebra was where I cried. SHELLEY HENNIG I won't stop fighting to give Nevadans access to affordable health care just because my husband ... SHELLEY BERKLEY Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or y... SHELLEY DUVALL People ask me, 'How's 'Teen Wolf?' and I tell them it's literally the best job I... SHELLEY HENNIG We live from day to day and get as much joy out of experiencing as we can. SHELLEY DUVALL I was dying but suddenly had a second chance at living. SHELLEY FABARES The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to d... SHELLEY BERMAN And of course, now that Bernard and I have found each other forever, we're determined to create ... SHELLEY DUVALL Bernard and I intend doing a lot with our lives and that includes actively helping other people. But... SHELLEY DUVALL Two months later at a party, Bernard pulled me into a closet and proposed. I said yes. SHELLEY DUVALL While I have made errors that I deeply regret, I have never, ever done so with the intent of subvert... KEVIN SHELLEY Where do you go to get anorexia? SHELLEY WINTERS Christianity is the only major religion to have as its central event the humiliation of its God. BRUCE SHELLEY a fraternity house. ... He wants you to have a good time whether you're working or not. BRUCE SHELLEY My boss thinks it's the best entertainment product Microsoft's ever made, BRUCE SHELLEY They just want to have the action. BRUCE SHELLEY We do listen to the feedback quite a bit, ... We have at least one or two full-time people who are m... BRUCE SHELLEY I got into this business to make games that I wanted to play. Turns out that there's millions of peo... BRUCE SHELLEY We went as high as we could. We were actually putting graphic effects in here you couldn't see on an... BRUCE SHELLEY The programming team set out to make the best-looking PC game ever. BRUCE SHELLEY We haven't announced anything and we don't really have anything in development, but we're experiment... BRUCE SHELLEY We want to do new kinds of games and do new and different things. We've been doing the same game for... BRUCE SHELLEY I cannot understand for the life of me why DOE is going forward with this licensing procedure when w... SHELLEY BERKLEY Pigs are not that dirty. And they're smart, strange little creatures. They just need love. SHELLEY DUVALL