Quotes about men
men ideas house
... while our men seem thoroughly abreast of the times on almost every other subject, when they strike the woman question they drop back into sixteenth century logic. They leave nothing to be desired generally in regard to gallantry and chivalry, but they actually do not seem sometimes to have outgrown that old contemporary of chivalry--the idea that women may stand on pedestals or live in doll houses,... but they must not furrow their brows with thought or attempt to help men tug at the great questions of the world. Anna Julia Cooper
men waiting romance
Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man. Anita Brookner
men elk emotion
I once witnessed more ardent emotions between men at an Elks' Rally in Pasadena than they could ever have felt for the type of woman available to an Elk. Anita Loos
men want he-man
To Sachin, the man we all want to be. Andrew Symonds
men years numbers
Man's natural life span, 75 to 90 years or so, has not increased. It is the number of us who manage to attain it that has increased. Andrew Tobias
men tyrants politics
Michael Moore: a man who never without an excuse for keeping murdering tyrants in power. But now he's supporting the man who bombed Milosevic into submission? How about an explanation, Mr Moore? Andrew Sullivan
men like-you homosexuality
Homophobia: the fear that another man will treat you like you treat women.
men wilson
Scott Wilson (Hershel) is a god among men Andrew Lincoln
men ideas hong-kong
In Hong Kong, the directors are the idea men. Andrew Lau
men morality rigour
Rigour is to the mathematician what morality is to men. Andre Weil
men today rooms
There is room in today's world for men to wear dresses. Andre Leon Talley
men west forget
Athirst for personal salvation, the West forgets that many religions had but a vague notion of the life beyond the grave; true, all great religions stake a claim on eternity, but not necessarily on man's eternal life. Andre Malraux
men order outcomes
A break in the established order is never the work of chance. It is the outcome of a man's resolve to turn life to account.
men civilization machines
The basic problem is that our civilization, which is a civilization of machines, can teach man everything except how to be a man.
men solitude feelings
Though man's feeling for the other-worldly often has recourse to solitude, solitude does not foster its development; rather, it is nourished by communion, to which the church is more propitious than the cemetery.
men risk dignity
If man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?
men yield leviathan
An individualism which has got beyond the stage of hedonism tends to yield to the lure of the grandiose. It was not man, the individual, nor even the Supreme Being, that Robespierre set up against Christ; it was that Leviathan, the Nation.
men secret age
The present age delights in unearthing a great man's secrets; for one thing because we like to temper our admiration and also perhaps we have a vague hope of finding a clue to genius in such "revelations.
men firsts
The truth of a man is first and foremost what he hides.
men wish world
Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were.
men destiny faces
And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.
men keeping-secrets littles
What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.
men thinking secret
Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.
men brilliant madmen
There are very few really brilliant men who have not had at least one madman among their ancestors. Andre Maurois
men interesting boredom
Among the idle rich, boredom is one of the most common causes of unhappiness. People who have difficulty in earning their living may suffer greatly, but they are not bored. Wealthy men and women become bored when they depend upon the theater for their enjoyment instead of making their own lives interesting.
men painful said
I knew a man who had been virtually drowned and then revived. He said that his death had not been painful.
men waste combat
A great man's manias must be respected, because the time required to combat them is too precious to waste.
men order ideas
Stupidity is a factor to be reckoned with in human affairs. The true leader always expects to encounter it, and prepares to endure it patiently so long as it is normal stupidity. He knows that his ideas will be distorted, his orders carelessly executed; and that there will be jealousy among his assistants. He takes these inevitable phenomena into account, and instead of attempting to find men without faults, who are non-existent, he tries to make use of the best men at his disposal - as they are, and not as they ought to be.
men giving silence
Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.
men affection like-you
If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.
men modesty virtue
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
men vulnerable tempest
Marriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse of sail exposed to the tempests of social life.
men pay sound
Japanese women live in fear of making the least sound in a bathroom stall. Japanese men pay no attention to the subject whatsoever. Amelie Nothomb