Famous quotes containing the words man and/or standing:
“For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (19211990)
“Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden,what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked varlets would civilized men appear!”
—Herman Melville (18191891)