#be a man

When I would be myself, I was being big-headed. I was being egotistical. I was a megalomaniac, when it really was just having not to be a monkey for a few hours a day. And fulfilling the need to be a man. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#being #day #egotistical #few #fulfilling

It seems to me that it will be very wearisome to be a man. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#man #me #seems #very #wearisome

My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility, about beauty, and how to make gumbo. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#always #art #be a man #beauty #beings

Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man. ↗

— Jackie Kennedy

#ask #be a man #children #did #grow

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#man #precisely #responsible

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#be a man #god #like #man #would

Why be a man when you can be a success? ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#man #success #why #you

I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. ↗