Quotes about men
men intelligence wit
It would never do for me to lose my wits in the presence of a man who had none too many of his own. Anna Katharine Green
men luxury clothes
If you saw me with my clothes off you'd see that my body is in great shape and ready to take on the world.... I could snap my fingers and have any man I wanted, but I have too much respect for myself for that.... People can look then wonder about the taste and the sensuous delights of the dish, but when it comes down to it they simply can't afford such an expensive luxury. Anna Kournikova
men solitude society
Society than solitude is worse, And man to man is still the greatest curse. Anna Letitia Barbauld
men sky soul
Man is the nobler growth our realms supply, And souls are ripened in our northern sky. Anna Letitia Barbauld
men thinking self
Because it would be too agonizing to cope with the possibility that anyone, including our selves, could become a prisoner, we tend to think of the prison as disconnected from our own lives. This is even true for some of us, women as well as men, who have already experienced imprisonment. Angela Davis
men function
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women. Angela Davis
men years vases
The year I began to say vahz instead of vase, a man I barely knew nearly accidentally killed me. Amy Hempel
men ledges stories
Maybe this is not a come-down-from-the-ledge story. But I tell it with the thought that the woman on the ledge will ask herself a question, the question that occurred to that man in Bogota. He wondered how we know that what happens to us isn't good? Amy Hempel
men architecture
True architecture exists only where man stands in the center. Alvar Aalto
men lasting-impressions truman
My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man. Alvin Ailey
men height i-can
I can tell when men are threatened by my height. Allison Janney
men dancing office
One out of forty American men wears women's clothing. We've had more than forty presidents. One of these guys has been dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress. Allison Janney
men laughing
The men who cannot laugh at themselves frighten me even more than those who laugh at everything. Anne Perry
men meals hunger
... a starving man doesn't ask what the meal is. Anne Sexton
men earth bars
... man is eating the earth up like a candy bar. Anne Sexton
men ties knots
the man inside of woman ties a knot so that they will never again be separate… Anne Sexton
men light may
Let the light be called Day so that men may grow corn or take busses. Anne Sexton
men age want
Inside many of us is a small old man who wants to get out. Anne Sexton
men afterlife heaven
Let there be a heaven so that man may outlive his grasses. Anne Sexton
men wanted wanted-to-die
I lived like a man who wanted to die but who had no courage to do it himself. Anne Rice
men sea darkness
Your quest is for darkness only. This sea is not your sea. The myths of men are not your myths. Men's treasures are not yours. Anne Rice
men selfishness needs
Maybe a new religion will rise now. Maybe without it, man will crumble in cynicism and selfishness because he really needs his gods. Anne Rice
men names giving
Because," she said, "that is what men would call it. They invented Satan, didn't they? Satanic is merely the name they give to the behavior of those who would disrupt the orderly way in which men want to live. Anne Rice
men intellectual firsts
At the outstart of discussions of women's intellectual attainments, it is well to remember how few are the men of the first rank. Anna Garlin Spencer
men errors brain
It is an old error of man to forget to put quotation marks where he borrows from a woman's brain Anna Garlin Spencer
men wages half
Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were women. Anna Howard Shaw
men trying breaking-down
God made a woman equal to a man, but He did not make a woman equal to a woman and a man. We usually try to do the work of a man and of a woman too; then we break down ... Anna Howard Shaw
men years differences
I'm in a really good place. I used to be a right worrier, but being in a settled relationship has made a massive difference. I was on my own for three years before meeting David. I'm very happy with him, he's a fantastic man. But you never know what's around the corner, so you just hope for the best. Anna Friel
men
I've got the best lead man, I really love my lead man. Anna Friel
men thinking together
Sometimes you think, "Oh man, this is going to be a fantastic movie," and then when you see it put together, you're like, "Oh, huh. Well, that didn't turn out quite the way I thought." Sometimes you think you're part of a project and it isn't that great, and then it sort of becomes a pleasant surprise. But I think there's just too many elements that affect the tone of a movie, so I think even for a director, it may be hard to gauge that. Anna Faris
men authenticity parables
No man can prophesy with another's parable. Anna Julia Cooper
men giving people
If our vaunted rule of the people does not breed nobler men and women than monarchies have done it must and will inevitably give place to something better. Anna Julia Cooper
men thinking dancing
... the majority of colored men do not yet think it worth while that women aspire to higher education.... The three R's, a littlemusic and a good deal of dancing, a first rate dress-maker and a bottle of magnolia balm, are quite enough generally to render charming any woman possessed of tact and the capacity for worshipping masculinity. Anna Julia Cooper