M Quotes
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“Men, in general, are a sort of scum, very different to anything of which you have an idea.”
Source: Shirley: Easyread Large Bold Edition
“Men, in general, are but great children.”
“Men, in general, are not this or that, they are what they are made to be.”
“Men, in general, seem to employ their reason to justify prejudices...rather than to root them out.”
“Men, in teaching others, learn themselves.”
“Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.”
“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.”
Source: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions
“Men, learn to speak blessings over your wife and you will see that woman rise to a new level. She will respond to your praise and encouragement. Your words don't have to be poetic, fancy, or profound. Tell her simply but sincerely, "You're a great mother to our children. And you are a great wife to me. I'm so glad I can always count on you."”
“Men, like animals, naturally multiply in proportion to the means of their subsistence.”
Source: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
“Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.”
Source: Titan: A Romance
“Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.”
“Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.”
Source: Delphi Collected Poetical Works of Walter Savage Landor (Illustrated)
“Men, like peaches and pears, grow sweet a little while before they begin to decay.”
“Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new, That which they have done but earnest of the things which they shall do.”
“Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new.”
“Men, no matter what their promises, rarely leave their spouses - the louses.”
“Men, not children or servants, tempered and taught to the end; Cleansed of servile panic, slow to dread or despise, Humble because of knowledge, mighty by sacrifice.”
Source: Stories and Poems
“Men, not only in Turkish society but everywhere, have been the bosses in terms of creation. If you look at art history, women were the objects. The fact that it's not been made by women means that the subjects are not women.”
“Men, permitted to put words (and other things) in women's mouths, create scenes in which women desperately want to be bound, battered, tortured, humiliated, and killed.”
Source: Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law
“Men, she thought, were one of the world's few sure comforts, like a fire on a cold October night, like cocoa, like broken-in-slippers. Their clumsy affections, their bristly faces, and their willingness to do what needed to be done - cook an omelette, change lightbulbs, make with hugging - sometimes almost made being a woman fun.”
“Men, some to business, some to pleasure take; But every woman is at heart a rake.”
“Men, specifically in the West, have no rights of passage, no way to know when they become a man. Everywhere else in the world you gotta kill a lion or stab a shark, or go on some journey, and you come back and you're a man. But here in the West, we're really kind of clueless as to what makes us a man.”
“Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.”
“Men, they come and go. They always will. Hopefully, they stay. But, it’s the girl that’s sitting next to you, or the girl that’s sitting across from you, that’s going to get you through everything.”
“Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans love to fight, traditionally.”
“Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. You are here today for three reasons. First, because you are here to defend your homes and your loved ones. Second, you are here for your own self respect, because you would not want to be anywhere else. Third, you are here because you are real men and all real men like to fight.”
“Men, through no fault of theirs, get born into cultures that tell them that if a woman can do it, it's not worth doing, or if they're not superior to women in one way or another, they're not really masculine.”
“Men, through the ideas they have, project a field of attention that limits women.”
“Men, to act with vigour and effect, must have time to mature measures, and judgment and experience, as to the best method of applying them. They must not be hurried on to their conclusions by the passions, or the fears of the multitude. They must deliberate, as well as resolve.”
Source: Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution
“Men, to exist, to become complete and mature, need to feel the joy of fatherhood. When a man does not have this desire, something is missing in this man, it is like an incomplete life: a life that stops half way. The grace of fatherhood; of giving life to others, of pastoral paternity, of spiritual paternity is a gift from God.”
“Men, today we die a little.”
“Men, unlike mockingbirds, have the capacity for systematic self-delusion. We echo each other with equal precision, equal eloquence, equal assurance.”
Source: THE TERRITORIAL IMPERATIVE
“Men, we don't need you in shining armor.
We just need you a little bit brave, just a little bit brave.”
“Men, when their actions succeed not as they would, are always ready to impute the blame thereof to heaven, so as to excuse their own follies.”
“Men, when they fight in movies, it's a very different style. Harrison Ford was so cool when he had the whip, and Bruce Lee was such an artist that you couldn't take your eyes off of him.”
“Men, who achieve much, die as do those who achieve nothing.”
“Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.”
“Men, women and children too, ran hysterically, falling and stumbling, getting up, tripping and falling again, rolling over and over. Most of them managed to regain their feet and made it to the water. But many of them never made it and were left behind, their feet drumming in blinding pain on the overheated pavements amidst the rubble, until there came one last convulsing shudder from the smoking 'thing' on the ground, and then no further movement.”
“Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to this want is, in my opinion, in a business established by the Creator of our nature. If he worthily fulfills his mission and amuses without corrupting, he need never feel that he has lived in vain.”
“Men, you are in a battle. You are in a war. The stakes of this war and its casualties are higher than a checkmark in the win or loss column. Lives will be lost. Eternities will be shaped. Destinies will either be discovered or dismissed. Dreams will be attained or relinquished.”
Source: Kingdom Man: Every Man's Destiny, Every Woman's Dream
“Men, you'll never be a good groom to your wife unless you're first a good bride to Jesus.”
“Men, your primary responsibility in your home, after your wife, is you to disciple your own children. And if you don't do it, you're in sin; you are in sin. And if you turn it over to a Sunday school teacher, you are in sin. And you are to be teaching these children more than just stories about animals that went into Noah's ark. You're to be teaching them about God, about radical depravity, about blood atonement, about propitiation, expiation, justification, sanctification; you are to teach your children!”
“Men," he began his address to the officers, measuring his pauses carefully. "You're American officers. The officers of no other army in the world can make that statement. Think about it.”
Source: Catch-22: A Novel
“Men," said Mr. Kyle, "people have been trying to understand dogs ever since the beginning of time. One never knows what they'll do. You can read every day where a dog saved the life of a drowning child, or lay down his life for his master. Some people call this loyalty. I don't. I may be wrong, but I call it love--the deepest kind of love.”
Source: Where the Red Fern Grows
“Men," Thom murmured. "Men who shook the pillars of heaven and rocked the world on its foundations." He shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Forget about them. They are dust now.”
Source: The Eye of the World: Book One of 'The Wheel of Time'
“Men,” she said as she took my arm and led me to the brightly lit room. “They forget we need to see the outcome of pain before we willingly put ourselves through it. How else would we suffer nine months to have a beautiful child? We already know we have guts.”
“Men-kind shared this world for but a blink, then, sadly, they became enlightened, found science and religion. The new world of men left little room for magic or the magical creatures of old. Earth’s first children were driven into the shadows by flame and cold iron, by man’s insatiable need of conquest.”
“Men-what arrogance! That was the worst of them. Forget the sexual hold they had on you. They would never liberate women at all.”
“Men. One minute they have their tongues down your throat and the next they're forbidding you from meeting your own father and criticizing your fashion choices.”
Source: Killer in High Heels: High Heels Mysteries book #2
“Men. The day they learned to admit to a mistake was the day they became women.”