M Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with M. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Men," she said rueful, "are the most absurd creatures on this green earth." "But there are camels," Gabriel pointed out. "Believe me," she answered. "I've taken camels into consideration.”
Source: Warrior
“Men, she thought, were odd about their clothes: they liked to wear the same things until they became defeated and threadbare.”
Source: The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
“Men sholde nat knowe of Goddes pryvetee Ye, blessed be alwey, a lewed man That noght but oonly his believe kan! So ferde another clerk with astromye, He walked in the feelds, for to prye Upon the sterres, what ther sholde bifalle, Til he was in a marle-pit yfalle.”
“Men should also pay attention to their appearance and occasionally use cosmetics.”
“Men should always change diapers. It's a very rewarding experience. It's mentally cleansing. It's like washing dishes, but imagine if the dishes were your kids, so you really love the dishes.”
“Men should always stop to appreciate the beauty of women! It's good for the soul, my dear.”
Source: Backfire
“Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.”
“Men should be buff! Women should be vavoom!”
“Men should be disqualified for public office. Women should run the planet. They're better than us.”
“Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.”
“Men should be explorers no matter how old they are.”
“Men should be judged not by their tint of skin, the gods they serve, the vintage they drink, nor by the way they fight, or love, or sin, but by the quality of the thought they think.”
“Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable.”
“Men should be what they seem.”
Source: The plays of William Shakespeare: in twenty-one volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, to which are added notes
“Men should be what they seem; Or those that be not, would they might seem none!.”
Source: Othello: Revised Edition
“Men should come with instruction booklets.”
Source: Confessions to My Mother
“Men should continue to fight, but they should fight for things worthwhile, not for imaginary geographical lines, racial prejudices, and private greed draped in the colors of patriotism. Their arms should be weapons of the spirit, not shrapnel and tanks.
Think of what a world we could build if the power unleashed in war were applied to constructive tasks! One tenth of the energy that the various belligerent spent in the World War, a fraction of the money they exploded in hand grenades and poison gas, would suffice to raise the standard of living in every country and avert the economic catastrophe of worldwide unemployment.
Nothing that I can do or say will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice, I can help the greatest of all causes-goodwill among men and peace on earth”
“Men should continue to fight, but they should fight for things worth while, not for imaginary geographical lines, racial prejudices and private greed draped in the color's of patriotism.”
Source: The fight against war
“Men should do their actual living and working in communities small enough to permit of genuine self-government and the assumption of personal responsibilities, federated into larger units in such a way that the temptation to abuse great power should not arise.”
“Men should friendly confer together, and offer one another their gifts and knowledge in love, and try things one with another, and hold that which is best, and not so stand in their own opinion as if they could not err.”
“Men should have more time with their newborn babies.”
“Men should have rough hands and be strong.”
“Men should keep their eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.”
“Men should learn to live with the same seriousness with which children play.”
“Men should never give up. I never do. I would hate to lose.”
“Men should never marry their muse. It ruins the illusion.”
“Men should not be allowed to go out in India after six o'clock. I reckon it's time to try out a curfew. After all, we are the ones causing the problems.”
“Men should not care too much for good looks; neglect is becoming.”
Source: The Loves: The Art of Beauty, The Remedies for Love, and The Art of Love
“Men should not petition for rights, but take them”
“Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental.”
Source: Notebooks
“Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?”
“Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.”
“Men should press forward, in fame's glorious chase; Nobles look backward, and so lose the race.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Edward Young: In Four Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:
“Men should spend less time with guns and more time in childbirth.”
Source: The Other Daughter
“Men should stop fighting among themselves and start fighting insects.”
“Men should stop treating feminists like ladies, and instead treat them like the men they say they want to be.”
“Men should strive to think much and know little.”
“Men should think twice before making widow hood woman's only path to power.”
“Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.”
“Men shouldn't feel like fags just because they want to have nice-looking bodies.”
“Men shouldn’t try too hard, or think about what they wear too much. I like when there’s something about a look that throws it off a little – perfection is really imperfect.”
“Men shout to avoid listening to one another.”
“Men show no mercy and expect no mercy, when honor calls, or when they fight for their idols or their gods.”
“Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.”
“Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.”
“Men shut their doors against a setting sun.”
“Men siden året 1635, da Milano-provinsen ble underlagt spanjolene, disse tause, mistenksomme, hovmodige herrer som alltid fryktet opprør, hadde livsgleden vært borte. Folk tok etter herskernes livsform og var mer opptatt av å hevne den minste fornærmelse med et dolkestøt, enn å nyte livet.”
Source: La Chartreuse de Parme
“Men simply don't understand how women are. They think there's some other kind.”
Source: THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN
“Men ska man vara finklädd för att smaka ett päron? En barfotaunge har också smak i munnen.”
“Men so noble, However faulty, yet should find respect For what they have been: 'tis a cruelty To load a falling man.”
Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare