“When I was very little, say five or six, I became aware of the fact that people wrote books. Before that, I thought that God wrote books. I thought a book was a manifestation of nature, like a tree. When my mother explained it, I kept after her: What are you saying? What do you mean? I couldn't believe it. It was astonishing. It was like--here's the man who makes all the trees. Then I wanted to be a writer, because, I suppose, it seemed the closest thing to being God.” PeopleMenBelieveMeanLittlesBookFactsWantedMotherFiveTreeHe ManSixManifestationClosestAstonishing Author:Fran Lebowitz
“Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today ... The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty.” MenWorldShouldHumansArtDoneAgeTodayActionMovingLiteratureFiveMissingHe ManAchievementTwentiesTreasureFortyPricelessTwenty Five Author:William Osler
“I was raped when I was very young. I told my brother the name of the person who had done it. Within a few days the man was killed. In my child's mind--seven and a half years old--I thought my voice had killed him. So I stopped talking for five years.” MenYearsMindChildrenPersonsDoneYoungNamesVoiceHalfTalkingFiveHe ManBrotherSevenMy ChildrenMy BrotherFive YearsHalf A Year Author:Maya Angelou
“The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once remarked that if you ask a man how much is two plus two and he tells you five, that is a mistake. But if you ask a man how much is two plus two and he tells you ninety-seven, that is no longer a mistake. The man you are talking to is operating with a wholly different logic from your own.” IfsMenTwoDifferentAsksMistakeTalkingFiveHe ManLogicSevenPhilosopherPlusNinety Author:Thomas Friedman
“What smells so? Has somebody been burning a Rag, or is there a Dead Mule in the Back yard? No, the Man is Smoking a Five-Cent Cigar.” MenFiveHe ManSmellBurningSmokingCentsYardsTobaccoCigarRagsMules Book:The Tribune Primer Source: The Tribune Primer
“I think, is wonderful about growing older, is appreciation for the miracle of existence, of life. I thank God every day. I also do believe that belief and imagination manifests reality. And therefore, even though it took twenty-five years, I did find the house, eventually, and the man I could live with.” ThinkingMenYearsBelieveRealityHouseBeliefImaginationExistenceFiveGrowingWonderfulHe ManMiracleTwentiesAppreciationFive YearsThank GodGrowing OldTwenty FiveGrowing OlderExistence Of Life Author:Barbra Streisand
“The last five-six presidents of Haiti have failed miserably. And I don't think it would be an honor for me to say I want to be the next 'president.' I want to be the man by with whom change arrives.” ThinkingMenWantWould BeLastsNextPresidentFiveHe ManHonorSixHaiti Author:Michel Martelly
“The Management of money is, in much, the management of self. If heaven allotted to each man seven guardian angels, five of them, at least, would be found night and day hovering over his pockets.” IfsMenSelfWould BeNightFoundHeavenMoneyFiveHe ManAngelManagementSevenPocketsGuardianGuardian AngelHovering Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Ask any school-boy up to the age of fifteen where he would spend his holidays. Not one in five hundred will say, "In the streets of London," if you give him the option of green fields and running waters. It is, then, a fair presumption that there must be something of the child still in the character of the men or the women whom the country charms in maturer as in dawning life.” IfsMenGivingChildrenStillsCountryCharacterRunningAgeSchoolAsksWaterBoysFiveStreetsFieldsHe ManHundredFairsGreenLondonCharmHolidayFifteenPresumptionRunning WaterGreen Fields Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“The things men come to eat when they are alone are, I suppose, not much stranger than the men themselves.... A writer years ago told me of living for five months on hen mash.” MenYearsFiveHe ManMonthsSolitudeEatingYears AgoStrangerHens Book:The Art of Eating Source: The Art of Eating
“The man who eats to live, who is friends with the five powers - earth, water, ether, sun and air - who is a servant of God, the Creator of all these, ought not to fall ill.” MenGodEarthFallWaterSunFiveAirHe ManOughtIllCreatorServantServant Of God Book:India of My Dreams Source: India of My Dreams
“A man walks into doctor's office. "What seems to be the problem?" asks the doc. "It's ... um ... well ... I have five penises." replies the man. "Blimey!" says the doctor, "How do your trousers fit?" "Like a glove."” MenWellsProblemHumorSeemsFunnyAsksWalksFiveHe ManFitOfficeDoctorsGlovesTrousers Author:Tommy Cooper
“Who and of what import were the men whose bones bulk the Great Wall, the thirty million Mao starved, or the thirty million children not yet five who die each year now? Why, they are the insignificant others, of course; living or dead, they are just some of the plentiful others...And you? To what end were we billions of oddballs born?” MenYearsChildrenEndsDiesCoursesBornMillionsFiveHe ManWallBonesBillionsThirtyInsignificantImportsMaoPlentifulOddballsGreat Wall Book:For the Time Being Source: For the Time Being
“One thing that keeps me awake at night: I am a mother and, I have to confess with great delight, a grandmother of five girls, which gives me great hope for the future - girl power! Can I say that without alienating all of the men?” MenGivingMotherNightGirlFiveOne ThingHe ManGive MeDelightAwakeGrandmotherGirl PowerHope For The FutureGreat HopeAwake At Night Author:Queen Noor of Jordan