“The ideal woman which is in every man's mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist, her hand. The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement. Remember, all Tolstoy ever said to describe Anna Karenina was that she was beautiful and could see in the dark like a cat. Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful, and it's best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree.” MenMindSaidIdeasDifferentHandsBeautifulRememberWomenDarkTreeShapesShadowIdealsCatEvery ManPhrasesBranchesDescriptionGesturesWristsAnnaDifferent IdeasUnderstatementIdeal Woman Author:William Faulkner
“We think of Marilyn who was every man's love affair with America. Marilyn Monroe who was blonde and beautiful and had a sweet little rinky-dink of a voice and all the cleanliness of all the clean American backyards.” ThinkingMenLittlesAmericaBeautifulVoiceSweetCleanAffairEvery ManLove AffairBlondeCleanlinessBackyards Author:Norman Mailer
“There is a glorious pattern for every man's life, an individual, perfect patter. No two people are alike ... No two leaves are alike-no two snowstorms-no two sets of fingerprints. No two lives are alike, yet each life holds a divine pattern of unfoldment, a great and holy destiny, rich in achievement and honor. As you live true to the pattern of yourself, that deep, inner self, you will unfold as perfect, as joyous, as naturally beautiful as the tree will reach its full measure of fulfillment.” PeopleMenTwoSoulSelfBeautifulIndividualPerfectDestinyRichTreeDivineHonorHolyAchievementPatternsEvery ManFulfillmentGloriousInner SelfJoyousFingerprintsTwo LivesSnowstorms Author:Annalee Skarin
“We say that every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment. We measure our friends so. We know, they have intervals of folly, whereof we take no heed, but wait the reappearings of the genius, which are sure and beautiful.” KnowsMenMomentsBeautifulWaitingFriendsGeniusEvery ManFollyEntitledHeedIntervalsBest Moments Book:Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life Source: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life
“I cannot understand why the poets of our day wax indignant at the vulgarity of their age and complain of having come into the world too early or too late. I believe that every man of intellect can create his own beautiful fable of life.” MenWorldBelieveAgeBeautifulI BelievePoetLateIntellectComplainingEvery ManToo LateFablesVulgarityIndignant Author:Gabriele d'Annunzio