M Quotes
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“Men were better, or more timid. Secular and religious education had effaced the throat-grappling instinct, or else firm finance held in check the passions.”
“Men were considered "free" only so that they might be considered guilty - could be judged and punished: consequently, every act had to be considered as willed, and the origin of every act had to be considered as lying within the consciousness (and thus the most fundamental psychological deception was made the principle of psychology itself).”
Source: Twilight of the Idols
“Men were created before women. ... But that doesn't prove their superiority – rather, it proves ours, for they were born out of the lifeless earth in order that we could be born out of living flesh. And what's so important about this priority in creation, anyway? When we are building, we lay foundations on the ground first, things of no intrinsic merit or beauty, before subsequently raising up sumptuous buildings and ornate palaces. Lowly seeds are nourished in the earth, and then later the ravishing blooms appear; lovely roses blossom forth and scented narcissi.”
“Men were created for something better than merely to make money. A close application to business, until a competence is gained, is one of the chief virtues; but to continue in trade long after this result is obtained, is one of the signs, not to be mistaken, of a sordid and ignoble nature.”
“Men were dangerous. They were fickle of mood, liable to lash out when disappointed, and they were frequently disappointed - most often by their own shortcomings, though only a fool would tell them as much.”
Source: The Devil and the Dark Water
“Men were doomed to repeat the sins of not only their fathers, but all their ancient forbears on back to Cain. That was the true mark upon man, scripted in his very blood.”
Source: Lambs of Men
“Men were just like sheep, and nothing was easier than for women to set up as shepherds and pen them up in a field.”
“Men were like horses, she mused dreamily. All they needed was breaking in.”
Source: Master of Maramba
“Men were like matches: they caught fire and were shaken off and dropped in the first ashtray that came her way”
Source: Find Me
“Men were made for war. Without it they wandered greyly about, getting under the feet of the women, who were trying to organize the really important things of life. When they couldn't make war men made money - and trouble and a dreadful nuisance of themselves.”
Source: The Sin Eater
“Men were made for war. Without it they wandered greyly about, getting under the feet of the women, who were trying to organize the really important things of life.”
“Men were not equal in the effort they made, nor did equal efforts bring equal result. ... Equality of opportunity, yes. Equality of effort and result, no.”
Source: The Works of Mary Roberts Rinehart: A poor wise man
“Men were not gods after all, but as human and as clumsy as girls.”
Source: A Room with a View
“Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.”
Source: The Stones of Venice: The sea-stories
“Men were often far different in their roles as fathers than they were as suitors, the memories of which kept them, out of necessity, both vigilant and violent, and even in tender moments, to their daughters.”
Source: The Never-Open Desert Diner
“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.”
Source: The Essential Wyndham Lewis: An Introduction to His Work
“Men were perfect beings, created first by God, and to rule and women were imperfect and fallible, created as an afterthought to serve the man.”
“Men were primitive in the eyes of angel beings
as men are primitive in the eyes of wilier races.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“Men were put into the world to teach women the law of compromise.”
Source: Pride and prejudice: a sentimental comedy in three acts
“Men were so violent, she complained. Why were men so violent? You had to be careful as a woman. You could get somebody's nose broken if you griped that they had pinched you or even looked at you funny. And of course that wasn't what you wanted; you just wanted to be left alone. Also, you knew that the mean son of a bitch that broke the poor jerk's nose was just getting his rocks off--didn't care about you personally.”
Source: In the Country of the Blind
“Men were valued by what they did, women by how they looked and then by what their husbands did, and all of life was arranged (or so we thought) from the outside in.”
Source: Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
“Men were weird. Especially men made of tempered steel and fire and perpetual darkness. Or men with penises. Either way”
Source: The Dirt on Ninth Grave
“Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.”
“Men weren't really the enemy - they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine mystique that made them feel unnecessarily inadequate when there were no bears to kill.”
“Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power of ideas.”
Source: Prosper
“Men who allow their love of power to give them a distorted view of the world are to be found in every asylum: one man will think he is the Governor of the Bank of England, another will think he is the King, and yet another will think he is God. Highly similar delusions, if expressed by educated men in obscure language, lead to professorships of philosophy; and if expressed by emotional men in eloquent language, lead to dictatorships.”
Source: Power: A New Social Analysis
“Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.”
“Men who are addicted to the passions are like the torch-carrier running against the wind; his hands are sure to be burned.”
“Men who are devoid of the power of spiritual perception are unable to recognize anything that cannot be seen externally.”
Source: The Life and the Doctrines of Philippus Theophrastus, Bombast of Hohenheim Known by the Name of Paracelsus: Extracted and Translated from His Rare and Extensive Works and from Some Unpublished Manuscripts
“Men who are driven are happy in their work and their vision but are not happy-go-lucky. Evelyn has a happiness and contentment most of the time -- she's my balance.”
“Men who are engaged in public life must necessarily aim at reducing opposition to a minimum, and one of the most obvious means to that end is by misrepresenting, discrediting or ruining their opponents.”
Source: Politics and politicians
“Men who are free wear modern dresses.”
“Men who are going bald often wear baseball caps.”
“Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.”
Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
“Men who are in prison for rape think it's the dumbest thing that ever happened... it's isn't just a miscarriage of justice; they were put in jail for something very little different from what most men do most of the time and call it sex. The only difference is they got caught. That view is nonremorseful and not rehabilitative. It may also be true. It seems to me that we have here a convergence between the rapists's view of what he has done and the victim's perspective on what was done to her. That is, for both, their ordinary experiences of heterosexual intercourse and the act of rape have something in common. Now this gets us into immense trouble, because that's exactly how judges and juries see it who refuse to convict men accused of rape. A rape victim has to prove that it was not intercourse. She has to show that there was force and that she resisted, because if there was sex, consent is inferred. Finders of fact look for "more force than usual during the preliminaries". Rape is defined by distinction from intercourse - not nonviolence, intercourse. They ask, does this event look more like fucking or like rape? But what is their standard for sex, and is this question asked from the women's point of view? The level of force is not adjudicated at her point of violation; it is adjudicated at the standard for the normal level of force. Who sets this standard?”
“Men who are loudly charged with repression before they have done anything to substantiate the charge are apt to proceed to substantiate it.”
Source: The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon
“Men, who are more likely to punish you for an abortion
than they are for sexual assault
But if they see the procedure
To be the murderer of a baby inside of a woman
Then tell me.
When a girl gets raped, is the child inside her not dying too?
-Barbie, poem by”
“Men who are not given any voice in this because of the secret nature of the courts, what they're left with is dressing up ridiculously, but at least using humour to try and draw attention to their kids”
“Men who are offenders of street harassment and women who experience street harassment can walk by and feel something about it, because it's out there in the environment where the harassment actually happens. So it's a lot more powerful than an oil painting that's stuck in a gallery or under my bed or in my studio where only a couple of eyes are going to see it, as opposed to it being in an environment where it could possibly effect a change.”
“Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.”
“Men who are proud of being black marry black women; women who are proud of being black marry black men.”
“Men who are proud of the wealth that comes from corruption are not proud of the hunger and misery that imputes the population.”
“Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.”
“Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.”
“Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society.”
Source: Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch
“Men who are sincere in defending their freedom, will always feel concern at every circumstance which seems to make against them; it is the natural and honest consequence of all affectionate attachments, and the want of it is a vice. But the dejection lasts only for a moment; they soon rise out of it with additional vigor; the glow of hope, courage and fortitude, will, in a little time, supply the place of every inferior passion, and kindle the whole heart into heroism.”
Source: Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine
“Men who are too good looking are never good in bed because they never had to be.”
“Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.”
“Men who are willing to do whatever it takes to gain power over others are morally unfit to wield that power.”
Source: American Fascism: A German Writer's Urgent Warning To America
“Men who as boys felt neglected by their dads often remain distant from their children. The sins of fathers are passed on to children, often through the dynamic of self-protection. It hurts to be neglected, and it creates questions about our value to others. So to avoid feeling the sting of further rejection, we refuse to give that part of ourselves we fear might once again be received with indifference.”
Source: Inside Out