“How many times can a man turn his head pretending he just doesn't see?”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Blowin' in the Wind
“How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky?”
Song lyrics, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Blowin' in the Wind
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Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
Recollection by Gilbert J. Greene, quoted in The Speaking Oak (1902) by Ferdinand C. Iglehart and Latest Light on Abraham Lincoln (1917) by Ervin S. Chapman
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Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Blowin' in the Wind
Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)
Source: 2000s, Promises to Keep (2008), Page 208
“Man must first live before he can live abundantly.”
Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960) Welsh politician
In Place of Fear (William Heinemann Ltd, 1952), p. 40
1950s
“Before a man can do things there must be things he will not do.”
Mencius (-372–-289 BC) Chinese philosopher
Eugene H. Peterson, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, IVP, start of Ch 2.
Attributed
Source: Also quoted elsewhere and attributed to Mencius as "Only when there are things a man will not do is he capable of doing great things," again with no source.
William McFee (1881–1966) American writer
Harbours of Memory (1921), p. 236
Paraphrased variant: A man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on.