All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince. — Plato
Every man is occasionally what he ought to be perpetually. — American Proverbs
Every man is, or hopes to be, an idler. — Samuel Johnson
Every man's story is important, eternal and sacred. That is why every man, as long as he lives and fulfills the will of nature, is wondrous and worthy of every consideration. — Hermann Hesse
The artist is not a special kind of man, but every man is a special kind of artist. — Ananda Coomaraswamy
All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
One man is equivalent to all Creation. One man is a World in miniature. — Albert Pike
Man is a universe in little [Microcosm]. — Democritus
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. — John Barth
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. — William Shakespeare
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women mearly players. — William Shakespeare
Short Everyman Quotes
There is no mountain anywhere everyman ignorance is his own mountain — David Oyedepo
I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in Sydney. — Alex O'Loughlin
Man must behave like a lighthouse; he must shine day and night for the goodness of everyman. — Mehmet Murat Ildan
History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim. — Robert Anton Wilson
I'm the guy, I'm kind of like the, uh, Everyman, so I think people just relate to that. — Kato Kaelin
It is time we learnt that a terrorist is no man's friend and everyman's enemy. — Amir Taheri
I've played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges. — Andrew Scott
[O]ur statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on a science fictional way of thinking. — Isaac Asimov
It's a rite of passage for the everyman, to a higher ground. — Bob Seger
You obviously can't cast Brad [Pitt] as an everyman guy because he just brings way too much baggage. — Andrew Dominik
Everyman Image Quotes
Good Deeds Quotes
I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed. — Friedrich Nietzsche
... People with great passions, people who accomplish great deeds, people who possess strong feelings, even people with great minds and a strong personality, rarely come out of good little boys and girls. — Lev S. Vygotsky
God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does. — Martin Luther
Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed. — Zoroaster
Your good thoughts, good words and good deeds alone will be your intercessors. Nothing more will be wanted. They alone will serve you as a safe pilot to the harbour of Heaven, as a safe guide to the gates of paradise. — Zoroaster
So shines a good deed... in a weary world. — Gene Wilder
Every man should view himself as equally balanced: half good and half evil. Likewise, he should see the entire world as half good and half evil.... With a single good deed he will tip the scales for himself, and for the entire world, to the side of good. — Maimonides
After you have made a decision that is pleasing to God, the Devil may try to make you have second thoughts. Intensify your prayer time, meditation, and good deeds. For if Satan's temptations merely cause you to increase your efforts to grow in holiness, he'll have an incentive to leave you alone. — Ignatius of Loyola
Perhaps, a sin that humbles you is better than a good deed that makes you arrogant. — Hamza Yusuf
Fractal geometry is not just a chapter of mathematics, but one that helps Everyman to see the same world differently. — Benoit Mandelbrot
A minister of state is excusable for the harm he does when the helm of government has forced his hand in a storm; but in the calm he is guilty of all the good he does not do. — Voltaire
Kermit was the Everyman, the original Tom Hanks, but I have a special place in my heart for Fozzie Bear. The classic borderline hacky entertainer. — Jason Segel
There are a lot of actors that I really love to watch, actors who I have fun watching - I think Johnny Depp is phenomenal. But I wouldn't want that career as much as I'd like a career like Tom Hanks - he kind of represents the everyman. — Jared Padalecki
We're designed to be hunters and we're in a society of shopping. There's nothing to kill anymore, there's nothing to fight, nothing to overcome, nothing to explore. In that societal emasculation this everyman is created. — David Fincher
Everyman is me. I am his brother. No man is my enemy. I am Everyman and he is in and of me. This is my faith, my strength, my deepest hope, and my only belief. — Kenneth Patchen
People are probably correct when they see me as the so-called Everyman. I'm attracted primarily to contemporary characters. I understand them and their frustrations. — Jack Lemmon
Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an angel! — Allen Ginsberg
Every moment and every event of everyman's life on earth plants something in his soul. For just as the wind carries thousands of winged seeds, so each moment brings with it germs of spiritual vitality that come to rest imperceptibly in the minds and wills of men. — Thomas Merton
I've only played two sort-of slackers, in Spaced and in Shaun Of The Dead. They're different people, but they have the same kind of everyman quality, particularly as a twentysomething. — Simon Pegg
I really enjoy playing that everyman part because that part is us, the audience. And you need somebody inside a comedy to tether the absurdity to reality. — Jason Bateman
Las Vegas is Everymans cut-rate Babylon. Not far away there is, or was, a roadside lunch counter and over it a sign proclaiming in three words that a Roman emperors orgy is now a democratic institution. 'Topless Pizza Lunch'. — Alistair Cooke
Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left his last one. — H. L. Mencken
I never wanted to make portraits - to photograph celebrities, beautiful people, beautiful landscapes, beautiful buildings, or people in distressing situations.... I have always been interested in everyman - average, ordinary people in everyday situations. — Ray Metzker
Everyman, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. — Henry Miller
People think that their vote counts. They go to college, and everything gets mixed up. People stop caring, ... They raise the gas prices, but what the Everyman makes and welfare never seem to keep up. The HMO system is so ridiculous. I'm slightly educated. No one wants to hear what Hilary Duff thinks of the economy. — Shia LaBeouf
I am not a member of the chamber of commerce for show business, believe me, but there are some really good people in the business, and [Tom] Hanks has this everyman decency onscreen, but he actually is that guy. — Kurt Fuller
Everyman has his own destiny: The only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. — Henry Miller
When I go to work, I don't want to make depressing, gritty, urban stories that are depressing to watch. I want to give people something to enjoy. When people think I'm a control freak and an ogre - which I am - it's only because I want my work to be accessible and Everyman, in a way. — Ricky Gervais
In a black-and-white world, back in the '50s, were voices from another era. All actors used to sound different. Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable. They were like men's voices, but they weren't Everyman, it was them. — Billy West
I found a lot of comfort in the fact that 30-odd people have been companions before me. I think that when there are so many people contributing so many things to the show, all you can do is make it your own. You can't try to emulate anyone, because who would you pick? The companions are very much the everyman, and the audience watches the story through their eyes, so they could be the person next door. And everybody's different. — Freema Agyeman
I wanted to create a story that would address America's history, successes, and problems while pointing to a hopeful resolution. I wanted it to be told from the perspective of an "Everyman" point of view. — Sho Baraka
Where everyman is participator in the government of affairs, not merely at an election one day in the year but everyday, he will let the heart be torn out of his body sooner than his power be wrested from him by a Caesar or a Bonaparte. — Thomas Jefferson
No man is disbeliever! Everyone is believer! All men believe in something! If a man does not believe in God, He is a believer too, because he simply believes that God does not exist! Don't give yourself airs just because you believe in something since everyman believes in something! Always be humble! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
Never hide yourself! When you say something, don't be in the shadow; let everyone see you! Whatever you say always put your name under it! Be courageous enough not to use any mask; don't forget that hiding among the bushes is the affair of the cowards! Let the Sun shines on your face and everyman see you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
Inside a dark well, everyman's favourite colour is blue! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
The British press isn't as vicious as it used to be, and these days it's sort of cool to care again. Everyone loves an everyman anthem. — Guy Garvey
I had no intention of replacing Arnold [Schwarzenegger]. There were a few things that made me want to do the movie. They were the script which had a different direction to it, and it was a chance to do a very different Quaid. I didn't read the short story until I went to college.Reading the story had a different effect on me of how I pictured him to be and the tone of the story was different. In the story, he's a bit more of an everyman. — Len Wiseman
No man can go to Heaven, but everyman can build one! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
Making a judgment, taking a stand and then acting against an injustice or acting to support excellence is the stuff of the everyman hero. If you are an aspiring artist and you wish to avoid “judgments,” you'll find that you have nothing to say. — Steven Pressfield
People ask me why I connected. It was presumptuous of me to say, but I'm Everyman. The difference is I put my thoughts into words. — Rod McKuen
All you have done is to be different from other women and you have made a little success of it. This is unforgivable sin in any society. The mere fact that you have succeed to run the mill is an insult to everyman who hasn't succeed. — Margaret Mitchell
while it is certainly the biographer's business to describe the foibles, passions and idiosyncrasies which make his subject a person, his work will be very meagre if these individual traits are not also seen as part of a universal drama - for each man's life is also the story of Everyman. — Iris Origo
I'm hesitant to do leading man character roles because I think they can be a little boring in terms of needing to be the everyman who navigates the amazing stuff around them. — Alexander Koch
The first thing I thought [when I read the script] was that Frasier was an intellectual at some points but also an Everyman - flawed and very insecure. — Kelsey Grammer
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