There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, 'Yes,' you know he is a crook.
In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
Although nannies who cover more than one generation are rare, those like Veronica Crook - who looked after me and now looks after my four children - are pearls of great price. They provide a continuity and stability for a family that is of inestimable value for the child and, indeed, the man.
It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
No public man can be just a little crooked.
My father was a man of love. He always loved me to death. He worked hard in the fields, but my father never hit me. Never. I don't ever remember a really cross, unkind word from my father.
I think the crowds in Europe are songwriter crowds. Like, they are a fan of the words, and they're there to listen. An American crowd, they're there to get rowdy, man. And I love both.
Reason is God's crowning gift to man.
Burning Man is a crowning achievement of freedom in festival culture.
I would willingly give fifty thousand crowns to be able to say that I took Paris without costing the life of one single man.
Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
I watched Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech before Congress, and I saw a man who loves his country with all his heart and soul. I also saw a strong leader, which is absolutely crucial for the safety of the Israeli people.
Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.
The life-giving preacher is a man of God, whose heart is ever athirst for God, whose soul is ever following hard after God, whose eye is single to God, and in whom by the power of God's Spirit the flesh and the world have been crucified, and his ministry is like the generous flood of a life-giving river.
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection.
To be the leading man it's about the celebrity and the looks, and it's tough to do that. People who do it great are people like Tom Cruise and Will Smith - they're built for that. I ain't. I'm more of a character guy.
If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.
