Great Men

[Unregistered]

What man do you admire most? Who has lived, or is currently living his life the right way? A life full of honor, courage, dignity, genius, etc....

I've decided to start reading biographies of great men. Such a multitude of people have existed on this planet: were born, lived their lives, and died, and only a select few have probably really done it right; that is, took what they had and did something special with it. It seems logical that we can learn from the lives of such men.

Let's get a list going. Please write something brief about why you are nominating this person.

Personally, I admire Theodore Roosevelt. He went from a pale, sickly child to a law student, an ornithologist, a rising politician, a rancher, a prodigious writer, a NYC police commissioner, a Naval Secretary, a soldier (he led the Rough Riders when he was a very prominent politician - unheard of even in those days), a Governor, a Vice President, to finally the youngest President in the history of the United States.

He was the ultimate Man. He was an great intellectual who represented all of the best masculine virtues.

There are tons of TR stories that I could post as examples of his greatness, but I'll let you explore them yourself.

 

[Desdinova]

Gene Simmons of KISS. This man is against alcohol, drugs, and claims he's never had a bad day in his life. His attitude is 100% positive. If he wasn't a rock star, I'd put bets on him still raking in lots of hot women.

I would love to find a biography on him. However, I have myself to blame since I haven't taken a good look for one.

 

[Skel]

napoleon

 

[flippinfreak]

Einstein

Dude was a lazy german who was crazy. He hated shoes, his cat was crazy, and he didn't want to learn english. That desheveled hair, his crazy ideas, dude wanted to do his work, and than become a lazy ass.

 

[KarmaSutra]

Aleister Crowley and Jim Morrison.

 

[THIAGO BRAZIL II]

myself

 

[Taviii]

Octavian-first an most important roman emperor, also we have the same name

Others: Hitler, Musolini, Stalin, Churchil, da Vinci

 

[SAYNO]

Malcolm X

A role model extradionaire! Was able to change his views about race after going to Meca/coming back here to the states and seeing the hypocrisy of Black Muslims and learned to embrace all people regardless of race/culture!




SN'

 

[Æquitas]

Bill Gate was mine, but now it's the founder of Wal-Mart the dead guy. If he was alive and not shared his fortune to all his kids, he would be 10 or more times richer than Bill Gate.

 

[Bible_Belt]

Jesus, Moses, Mohammad, Buddha, and Confucious

 

[italostud]

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Italostud yet. Sheesh. Anyways, close runners-up would be: Isaac Newton, Arnold Swarzenegger, and this weird chinese dude I always see alone at the club, rockin' out like he's Jesus.

 

[Egoist]

Bill Gate was mine, but now it's the founder of Wal-Mart the dead guy. If he was alive and not shared his fortune to all his kids, he would be 10 or more times richer than Bill Gate.

and rockefeller and carnegie would each still be richer than walton and gates put together.

 

[Da Realist]

I read a story about Stilbo one time. In the span of an hour he lost his family, house, and the villige he lived in after it was attacked. When the warlord found him, he wanted Stilbo to tell him everything he lost. Stilbo looked the man in the eye and told him he lost nothing. He had himself and that is all that mattered. Since then, I' ve tried to live up to the ideal that everything you need is in you and no one or nothing can take it.

 

[SAYNO]

I read a story about Stilbo one time. In the span of an hour he lost his family, house, and the villige he lived in after it was attacked. When the warlord found him, he wanted Stilbo to tell him everything he lost. Stilbo looked the man in the eye and told him he lost nothing. He had himself and that is all that mattered. Since then, I' ve tried to live up to the ideal that everything you need is in you and no one or nothing can take it.

Reminds me of a scene from The Usual Suspects!





SN'

 

[Marlimus]

Several people:
Charles Maurice Talleyrand-Perigord- This Foriegn minister of Napolean's court was an aristocrat, seducer, and master diplomat. He survived 5 different French administrations and flourished through them all. He was a master strategist, a political genius whose cunning was unparalleled since. He eventually survived even Napolean's defeat.

Count Otto Von Bismark: This chancellor of Prussia deserves the credit for uniting a series of loosely affiliated Germanic principalities into the First German Reich, powerful enough to bring Austria to its knees. Mad props, yo.

Che Guevara. This guy was a highly trained surgeon from an upper middle class familiy who gave up the life to fight for what he believed in. To get an idea of what a badass this guys as, go on goodle and type "che guevara's last words" to find out what he said just before he was executed.

Touissaint L'Ouverture- Black ex-slave alternately outsmarted and outfought the spanish, french and the british to establish an independent black republic in the middle of the colonial caribbean, in spite of immense pressure from hostile world powers. When calculating reasons for the fall of Napolean, historians always conveniently forget to mention the tens of thousands of french troops that died trying to take back this colony. He taught himself 4 different languages, and would send Napolean into fits of rage with his letters.

 

[wooly]

Angus Young :rockon:

doesn't give a ****

 

[picard]

J.F Kennedy, and Henry Kissinger, former US state secretary. Kissinger is a genius and a shrewd man. Kennedy was a heck of womanizer and great diplomat, stateman.

 

[DJDamage]

Allen Thompson - because he created a website called Sosuave.com

Without this site I would have ended up being a lonley misrable piece of sh1t with no hope.

AMEN

DJD

 

[seanchai]

William Gladstone, the "grand old man" of British politics. Headed four separate governments, disestablished the Anglican Church, tried to figure out the Irish problem humanely. A good great man.

 

[Cruise]

Superfly, Shaft, Dolemite, Dynamite Willie, Huggy Bear, Bishop Don "Magic" Juan, Fillmore Slim, Cadillac, and all them other pimps who made it an artform to "keep they hoes in check"...