“A young girl is taught through the example of other women how to manipulate a man. She's absolutely correct in doing so because the job she will get, the man she will marry, the experiences she will have, are very much dictated by her ability to do so.” MenJobsYoungGirlWomenAbilityExampleTaughtHe ManEnlightenmentManipulate Author:Frederick Lenz
“More than all, and above all, [George] Washington was master of himself. If there be one quality more than another in his character which may exercise a useful control over the men of the present hour, it is the total disregard of self when in the most elevated positions for influence and example.” IfsMenMaySelfCharacterHoursQualityInfluenceExamplePositionHe ManMastersExerciseDisregard Author:Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
“There is no merit in being truthful when one is truthful by nature, or rather when one can be nothing else; it is a gift, like poetry or music. But it needs courage to be truthful after carefully considering the matter, unless a kind of pride is involved; for example, the man who says to himself, "I am ugly," and then says, "I am ugly" to his friends, lest they should think themselves the first to make the discovery.” ThinkingMenNeedsShouldFirstsKindMatterExampleHe ManPrideInvolvedDiscoveryUglyMeritTruthfulConsideringBeing TruthfulI Am Ugly Author:Eugene Delacroix
“From the example of the past, the man of the present acts prudently so as not to imperil the future.” MenPastExampleHe Man Author:Titian
“I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes. What can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice? He must have the courage to set an example by words and deed, and must watch lest his children become influenced by racial bias.” ThinkingMenTryingBelieveChildrenTruthAgeLyingEvilI BelieveWatchesCourageHonestyExampleHe ManPrejudiceDeedsHonestlyTraditionalCombatRootedBiasGood WillUnworthyRacial Bias Book:The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It Source: The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It
“If you're creating a slave situation, you would almost never bring women. And if we look at Slavery for example, we look at the Greeks and the Romans, right? It was always men. They never brought any women. Because women carry the seeds of the revolution, right? And if you have the men by themselves, then you can do what the French did with the Blackfeet, which is breed them out.” IfsMenLooksCan DoSituationExampleHe ManRevolutionCreatingSlaverySlaveSeedsGreek Author:Nikki Giovanni
“The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light.” MenWorldLightDarkWalksPathStreetsExampleHe ManHeroSaintBeing YourselfRole ModelsTorchesKindlesBlazingSetting An ExampleGreat Hero Author:Felix Adler
“Just go to an auto show, and you'll see all the signs of sexual arousal in the men: shiny eyes, tremors, sex flush. An acute example of the need for professional sex research.” MenNeedsShowsEyeSexExampleHe ManResearchArousal Author:Volkmar Sigusch
“Slowly but without question - and Presidents' Day is only one example - Americans are forgetting and ignoring the men and events that have made this nation great.” MenMadeNationsPresidentForgetEventsExampleHe ManPresidents Day Author:Lyn Nofziger
“An interesting example is that the worst woman in the book, who is so cruel and violent, is the sorceress in "The Prince of the Black Islands." She's a beautiful young woman, and she has turned her husband into stone from the waist down. A traveling sultan finds him, in his dreadful state, and the man petrified from the waist down tells his sad story...how his wife comes every afternoon and beats him until the blood runs down. She's just unwontedly, arbitrarily cruel.” MenBookStatesStoriesRunningBeautifulYoungBlackInterestingWifeBloodWorstExampleHe ManHusbandBeatsStonesViolentIslandsAfternoonYoung WomenSad StorySorceress Author:Marina Warner