“Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.”
"The Coming American" (July 4, 1894), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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Joan of Arc (1412–1431) French folk heroine and Roman Catholic saint
Often misquoted as I am not afraid; I was born to do this.
As given in The Life of Joan of Arc (1909) by Anatole France, tr. Winifred Stevens, vol. i, p. 97, referencing Trials, vol. i, p. 449.
“There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
Source: Why Men Are the Way They Are (1988), p. xxvi.
“Howiver, I'm not denyin' the women are foolish: God Almighty made 'em to match the men.”
George Eliot book Adam Bede
Chapter 53 http://books.google.com/books?id=0OU8AAAAYAAJ&q=%22Howiver+I'm+not+deny+in+the+women+are+foolish+God+Almighty+made+em+to+match+the+men%22&pg=PA530#v=onepage <br class="br">Adam Bede (1859)
Sania Nehwal (1990) Indian badminton player
"Saina Nehwal Interview: Sportskeeda Exclusive" https://www.sportskeeda.com/badminton/saina-nehwal-interview-sportskeeda-exclusive (19 April 2012)
Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Oskar during a visit to his therapist, Dr. Fein
"Happiness, Happiness" (p. 201)
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005)
Context: "I feel too much. That's what's going on." "Do you think one can feel too much? Or just feel the wrong ways? "My insides don't match up with my outsides." "Do anyone's inside and outsides match up?" "I don't know. I'm only me." "Maybe that's what a person's personality is: the difference between the inside and the outside." "But it's worse for me." "I wonder if everyone thinks it's worse for him." "Probably. But it really is worse for me."
“Sin which men account small brings God's great wrath on men.”
Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) English Puritan
Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices, 1652