M Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with M. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Manhattan was a river of men flowing past my door, and when I was thirsty, I drank.”
Source: Sleeping with Bad Boys: A Juicy Tell-All of Literary New York in the 1950s and 1960s
“Manhattan's always fascinating, too, just a big, stinky, smelly conglomeration of numbered avenues and streets, but it's just got a vibe that's hard to beat. I shouldn't like it, but I do. I can't put my finger on it.”
“Manhattan's probably one of the bluest parts in the country, and Indiana's definitely one of the redder states. I have sympathy for both sides.”
“Manhattan, one of the most moneyed spots on the planet, also has one of the greatest concentrations of people in its skyscrapers. Its also, of course, the place where every architect wants to build his tower.”
“Manhattan, though, was an entirely different ballgame in a whole different kind of world, with a man who was brilliant and at the same time terribly charismatic.”
“Manhattan... capital of the 20th century, a city that has fascinated me for more than three decades.”
“Manhattanism is the one urbanistic ideology that has fed, from its conception, on the splendors and miseries of the metropolitan condition—hyper-density—without once losing faith in it as the basis for a desirable modern culture. Manhattan's architecture is a paradigm for the exploitation of congestion.”
“Manhood and sagacity ripen of themselves; it suffices not to repress or distort them.”
Source: Character and Opinion in the United States
“Manhood begins when we have in any way made truce with Necessity; begins even when we have surrendered to Necessity, as the most part only do; but begins joyfully and hopefully only when we have reconciled ourselves to Necessity; and thus, in reality, triumphed over it, and felt that in Necessity we are free.”
Source: The Works of Thomas Carlyle
“Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.”
Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays
“Manhood had come to him, both in character and demeanour, not as it comes to most young lads, an eagerly-desired and presumptuously-asserted claim, but as a rightful inheritance, to be received humbly, and worn simply and naturally.”
Source: John Halifax, Gentleman
“Manhood is defined and decided by the ability to nurture and to protect, by the capability to provide and to sustain.”
“Manhood is measured at least partly in money, a man's only direct way of nourishing children. Manhood, then, as call to action, can be interpreted as a kind of moral compunction to provision kith and kin.”
Source: Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity
“Manhood is melted into courtesies, valor into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones, too.”
Source: Much Ado About Nothing; Hamlet
“Manhood is patience. Mastery is nine times patience.”
Source: A Wizard of Earthsea
“Manhood is patience. Mastery is nine time patience”
Source: A Wizard of Earthsea
“Mania can be as terrifying as it gets. It is certainly as insane as one gets and so it's frightening when it gets out of control, but there are periods of mania when it can be extremely attractive.”
“Mania is a wonderful feeling.”
“Mania is fun. I won't lie, it's fun. But it's usually followed by a soul-crushing depression.”
“Mania rushes with mystification
An intense desire to succumb,
to the calling compulsions.
Impulsivity, is a nefarious crime,
I've fallen prey to its predatory
Alas, I am but a human
Inked Confessions: The Untold Psych Ward Letters”
“Mania starts off fun, not sleeping for days, keeping company with your brain, which has become a wonderful computer, showing 24 TV channels all about you. That goes horribly wrong after awhile.”
“Mania's premonitory signs are unusual acts of extravagance, manifested by the purchase of houses, and certain expensive and unnecessary articles of furniture.”
“Maniacal obsession can be a destructive or a transformative psychic force. What is unacceptable is a life of blandness, not to dare penetrate into the heart of nothingness.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“Maniacal suicide. —This is due to hallucinations or delirious conceptions. The patient kills himself to escape from an imaginary danger or disgrace, or to obey a mysterious order from on high, etc.”
Source: Suicide
“Maniacs of Procreation, bipeds with devalued faces, we have lost all appeal for each other.”
“MANIBUS”
Source: Blue Lily, Lily Blue
“Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to live.”
Source: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
“Manic depression is a frustratin' mess.”
“Manic depression's touching my soul. I know what I want, but I just don't know how to go about getting it.”
Source: Jimi Hendrix: recorded poems
“Manic depressives have all the luck; they soar between crashes. The best us regular depressives can do is battle our way up to normal every now and then.”
“Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to live. It is an illness that is biological in its origins, yet one that feels psychological in the experience of it, an illness that is unique in conferring advantage and pleasure, yet one that brings in its wake almost unendurable suffering and, not infrequently, suicide.”
Source: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
“Manichean dualism is the single worst idea people ever came up with — this notion that you can divide humankind into the children of light and the children of darkness.”
“Manicheanism is like a vacuum, it is an either or situation that curtails or destroys the development of liberatory thought.”
“MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians joined the victorious Opposition.”
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Manicures: Which are basically just holding hands with a stranger for forty-five minutes whilst listening to Enya.”
Source: Is It Just Me?
“Manie sans délire - insanity without delusion.”
Source: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
“Manifest Destiny saw Yankee conquest as the inevitable result of a confrontation between enterprise and progress (white) versus passivity and backwardness (Indian, Mexican).”
Source: De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century
“Manifest destiny was on the march, and it was unfortunate that Mexico stood in the path.”
Source: A History of the English-speaking Peoples: The Great democracies
“Manifest of souls;
Adventurous soul,
Enthusiastic soul,
Sound soul,
Happy soul,
Great soul.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.”
“Manifest the divinity within you and everything will be harmoniously arranged around it.”
Source: Personality Development
“Manifest what you anticipate; embody what you desire; cultivate what you honor; radiate what you cherish.”
Source: The Light in the Heart
“Manifest your energy
And be full of enthusiasm
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“Manifestation is an act of trust. It is the soul pouring itself out into its world, like a fisherman casting a net to gather in the fish he seeks; with each cast properly made, we will bring what we need to us, but first we must hurl ourselves into the depths without knowing just what lies beneath us.”
“Manifestation is directed by the multiple levels of consciousness, including the subconsciousness, unconsciousness and the collective consciousness. Everything has a degree of consciousness, including animals, plants and even inanimate objects. Everyone and everything is a part of the collective consciousness and plays a role in co-creating the physical universe.”
Source: The Principle of Manifestation: A Practical Guide to How We Materialize the Physical Universe
“Manifestation is like a flower, you must put so much intent into its energy before you can sight its beauty.”
“Manifestation is real and our thoughts are more powerful than we realize therefore we must be careful practicing our magic.”
“Manifestation is Satanic. The wrong God will answer you and provide you with your selfish desires. Sadly, there is always a price, usually your soul. The pure act of meditation is a way to rest and recharge your mind, body, and spirit. A way to find inner peace. This procedure should never be polluted by selfish requests to Santa for material things, money, and fame. If meditation is done properly over a long period, then all these things will come to you naturally anyway, without the harsh price.”
“Manifestation is the root of your ambition.”
“Manifestation lies in the mission.”