“Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama. And some of you may have lived a similar story: After nearly two decades of hard, proud work, I found out that I was making significantly less money than the men who were doing the same work as me.” KnowsMenYearsMayTwoHardStoriesFoundHe ManProudPlantDecadesManagersTireAlabamaNineteen Author:Lilly Ledbetter
“If you got problems like unemployment, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare and there's a guy that's always been there for you and for your family, then you say 'He's a nice guy. I don't know where he came from or how long he's been here, but Charlie Rangel's the man.' That's what I'm relying on.” IfsKnowsMenLongProblemGuySocialNiceSecurityHe ManOur FamilyUnemploymentSocial SecurityCharlieMedicareNice GuyMedicaidMedicare And Medicaid Author:Charles Rangel
“Raymond Floyd. The man knows how to control situations. He was experienced. He didn't let me get overly excited; he kept me in check. It allowed me to free myself up, and I played really well with him.” KnowsMenWellsSportsSituationKnow HowHe ManLet MeExcitedChecks Author:Payne Stewart
“Stanley Kubrick, I had been told, hates interviews. It's hard to know what to expect of the man if you've only seen his films. One senses in those films painstaking craftsmanship, a furious intellect at work, a single-minded devotion.” IfsKnowsMenHardFilmHateHe ManIntellectSensesDevotionInterviewsFuriousStanleyCraftsmanship Author:Tim Cahill
“When man of slender visits you / Nothing on earth that one can do / In well he’ll hide, or watery hole / And he will eat your mortal soul / so if thou seest the man so thin / pray you don’t see him again / for he is not from world we know / he cometh from far down below / on his bed of dirt from grave / from his dank and silent cave / he watches you yet has no sight / he taketh you away at night” IfsKnowsMenWorldWellsSoulEarthNightCan DoWatchesHe ManPrayingBedSightSilentGravesHolesMortalsDirtCavesSlenderDankVisits You Book:Slenderman, Slenderman - And Other Terrifying Tales Source: Slenderman, Slenderman - And Other Terrifying Tales
“With despair, true optimism begins: the optimism of the man who expects nothing, who knows he has no rights and nothing coming to him, who rejoices in counting on himself alone and in acting alone for the good of all.” KnowsMenActingRightsHe ManDespairOptimismRejoiceCountingExpect Nothing Book:The Writings of Jean-Paul Sartre Source: The Writings of Jean-Paul Sartre
“The most important lesson I learned...was that the winner of a gunplay usually was the one who took his time. The second was that, if I hoped to live on the frontier, I would shun flashy trick-shooting--grandstand play--as I would poison...In all my life as a frontier peace officer, I did not know a really proficient gunfighter who had anything but contempt for the gun-fanner, or the man who literally shot from the hip.” IfsKnowsMenImportantPlayHe ManLessonsGunShotsTricksHipsWinnerShootingPoisonContemptOfficersFrontiersImportant LessonsFlashy Author:Wyatt Earp