Men Quotes

I am able to talk about my life in a way that helps other women - and men, but mostly women - understand their own life. I feel real proud of that.

If you were going to compete successfully in a white man's world, you had to learn to play the white man's game. It was not enough that an Indian be as good as; an Indian had to be better than.

Men are fools who forget what really matters while time goes by.

I mean one of the basic rules when you're acting is that you mustn't stand in judgement on a character, you mustn't say Hitler was a bad man because you can't act in that way.

If I saw a man and I was attracted… I would follow through with it.

I do not believe that since man was in the habit of living on this planet anyone has ever lived possessed of the impudence of Jay Gould.

Cary Grant was one of the most marvelous men I've ever met.

I didn't feel the need to have a lot of yes-men standing around me. As Mitchell Sharp once put it, the bigger the staff, the smaller the minister.

The pleasure a man of honor enjoys in the consciousness of having performed his duty is a reward he pays himself for all his pains.

Laziness begat wearisomeness, and this put men in quest of diversions, play and company, on which however it is a constant attendant; he who works hard, has enough to do with himself otherwise.

As a man falls out of favour and his wealth declines, we discover for the first time the ridiculous aspects of his character, which were always there but which wealth and favour had concealed.

A woman is easily governed, if a man takes her in hand.

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid.

Men are the cause of women not loving one another. [Fr., Les hommes sont la cause que les femmes ne s'aiment point.]

Favor exalts a man above his equals, but his dismissal from that favor places him below them.

Politeness does not always inspire goodness, equity, complaisance, and gratitude; it gives at least the appearance of these qualities, and makes man appear outwardly, as he should be within.

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.

To what excesses do men rush for the sake of religion, of whose truth they are so little persuaded, and to whose precepts they pay so little regard!

A vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself.

A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.

Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.

The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.

The man who discovers a woman's weakness is like the huntsman in the heat of the day who finds a cool spring. He wallows in it.

It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.

To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ideal man whose image we have built up on the basis of a certain few.

We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.

Man forms himself in his own interior, and nowhere else.

To make a man richer, give him more money of curb his desires.

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

Every blue-stocking will remain a spinster as long as there are sensible men on the earth. [Fr., Toute fille lettree restera fille toute sa vie, quand il n'y aura que des hommes senses sur la terre.]

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

A man who is free is like a mangy sheep in a herd. He will contaminate my entire kingdom and ruin my work.

Don't rely on men but don't shun them either.

I support women, men, anybody who is in a place that's not their strongest and who is ready to push forward.

One by one, the others all nodded their heads again, as if we were talking about having a spring picnic instead of going up against the deadliest woman in Ashland and all of her men.

The provocation with Holmes is the fact that he's described by Doyle as a man without a heart - all brain... and that's very difficult to play, or even indicate.

Flattery is an ensnaring quality, and leaves a very dangerous impression. It swells a man's imagination, entertains his vanity, and drives him to a doting upon his own person.

If professional wrestling did not exist, could you come up with this idea? Could you envision the popularity of huge men in tiny bathing suits, pretending to fight?

Feminism now seems to be defined as success is defined: as being as good at capitalism as men are. I feel very estranged from it.

In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her?

What is the value of sticking a microphone in a man's face right after he has learned of his wife's death?

Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived.

The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to die.

Seriously, in America there are more big, curvy girls than there are little girls, and men love us, too.

God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do

The Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man. Right then and there, God should have demanded a damage deposit.

There are two things you don't do: One, you don't open an e-mail from Phil Simms in front of your kids, and, two, you don't jinx a man going for a perfect week.

As we celebrate President Reagan's remarkable career and historic legacy, we also celebrate a man of strong character, deep conviction, unforgettable charm, and wonderful wit.

Women aren't embarrassed when they buy men's pajamas, but a man buying a nightgown acts as though he were dealing with a dope peddler.