Quotes about men

"A man is in love when something in his head, something in his and chest and something in his pants react to a certain woman."

Hwang, Brian on men   

"All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly defensive. It's like an ideal of racial purity."

Jarman, Derek on men   

"A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul."

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) on men   

"During the feminist seventies men were caught between a rock and a hard-on; in the fathering eighties they are caught between good hugs and bad hugs."

King, Florence on men   

"It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on men
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"There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive."

Lavater, Johann Kaspar on men   

"How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression."

Lawrence, D. H. on men   

"Next to the striking of fire and the discovery of the wheel, the greatest triumph of what we call civilization was the domestication of the human male."

Lerner, Max on men
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"Men were only made into men with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally a man any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse."

Lewis, Wyndham on men   

"The male has been persuaded to assume a certain onerous and disagreeable role with the promise of rewards -- material and psychological. Women may in the first place even have put it into his head. BE A MAN! may have been, metaphorically, what Eve uttered at the critical moment in the garden of Eden."

Lewis, Wyndham on men   

"The male sex still constitute in many ways the most obstinate vested interest one can find."

Longford, Lord on men   

"Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor."

Mailer, Norman on men   

"Men are creatures with eight hands."

Mansfield, Jane on men   

"The test of man is how well he is able to feel about what he thinks. The test of a woman is how well she is able to think about what she feels."

Mcdowell, Mary on men   

"Sometimes I have a notion that what might improve the situation is to have women take over the occupations of government and trade and to give men their freedom. Let them do what they are best at. While we scrawl interoffice memos and direct national or extranational affairs, men could spend all their time inventing wheels, peering at stars, composing poems, carving statues, exploring continents -- discovering, reforming, or crying out in a sacramental wilderness. Efficiency would probably increase, and no one would have to worry so much about the Gaza Strip or an election."

Mcginley, Phyllis on men   

"As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment."

Miedzian, Myriam on men   

"In the United States adherence to the values of the masculine mystique makes intimate, self-revealing, deep friendships between men unusual."

Miedzian, Myriam on men   

"A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly."

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley on men
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"It is much more easy to accuse the one sex than to excuse the other."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De on men   

"The most unhappy and frail creatures are men and yet they are the proudest."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De on men   

"Don't accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are as strange as hell."

Morgan, Robin on men
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"Men are nicotine soaked, beer besmirched, whiskey greased, red-eyed devils."

Nation, Carry on men   

"I love the male body, it's better designed than the male mind."

Newman, Andrea on men
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"The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on men
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"Men are the enemies of women. Promising sublime intimacy, unequalled passion, amazing security and grace, they nevertheless exploit and injure in a myriad subtle ways. Without men the world would be a better place: softer, kinder, more loving; calmer, quieter, more humane."

Oakley, Ann on men   

"A woman simply is, but a man must become. Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all."

Paglia, Camille on men   

"Men know they are sexual exiles. They wander the earth seeking satisfaction, craving and despising, never content. There is nothing in that anguished motion for women to envy."

Paglia, Camille on men   

"I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid."

Parker, Dorothy on men
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"Men are the dreams of a shadow."

Pindar on men
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"There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain."

Plato on men
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"Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake."

Pope, Alexander on men   

"He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie."

Porter, Cole on men   

"It is a man's world, and you men can have it."

Porter, Katherine Anne on men   

"Silent men like still waters, are deep and dangerous."

Proverb on men
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"Prudent men woo thrifty women."

Proverb, German on men   

"Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on men   

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"There's so much saint in the worst of them, and so much devil in the best of them, that a woman who's married to one of them, has nothing to learn of the rest of them."

Rowland, Helen on men   

"There are only two kinds of men; the dead and the deadly."

Rowland, Helen on men
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"Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex."

Rubin, Jerry on men
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"Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid of."

Shaw, George Bernard on men