“I was raped when I was very young. I told my brother the name of the person who had done it. Within a few days the man was killed. In my child's mind--seven and a half years old--I thought my voice had killed him. So I stopped talking for five years.” MenYearsMindChildrenPersonsDoneYoungNamesVoiceHalfTalkingFiveHe ManBrotherSevenMy ChildrenMy BrotherFive YearsHalf A Year Author:Maya Angelou
“The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once remarked that if you ask a man how much is two plus two and he tells you five, that is a mistake. But if you ask a man how much is two plus two and he tells you ninety-seven, that is no longer a mistake. The man you are talking to is operating with a wholly different logic from your own.” IfsMenTwoDifferentAsksMistakeTalkingFiveHe ManLogicSevenPhilosopherPlusNinety Author:Thomas Friedman
“when men don't like another man everyone assumes he's no good and that the men know what they are talking about, yet when women dislike another woman people just think they're being catty.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenTalkingHe ManAssumingDislikeAnother ManAnother Woman Author:Ilka Chase
“Talking, is a digestive process which is absolutely essential to the mental constitution of the man who devours many books.” MenBookProcessTalkingHe ManEssentialsConstitution Author:William Matthews
“I hate pants. This is something I have inherited from my father. He despised pants, and my mother was never allowed to wear them at home. We're talking about a different time period now, when the man was much more the ruler of the house. But I still feel that way, and neither my mother nor Maria is allowed to go out with me in pants.” MenWayFeelsStillsDifferentHomeMotherHateFatherHouseTalkingHe ManPeriodsI HatePantsRulersDespisedDifferent TimesTime Periods Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you.” MenMindTalkingHe ManFameDelight Author:Samuel Johnson
“The man who is always talking about being a gentleman, never is one.” MenTalkingHe ManGentlemanInfallible Author:Bill Vaughan
“I find it awfully difficult to determine if the habit of talking about oneself at length runs contrary to the basic rules of propriety, or if instead the man exempt from this vice is rare.” IfsMenRunningDifficultTalkingHe ManHabitOneselfDetermineVicesContraryLengthPropriety Author:Giacomo Leopardi
“...By a 'silly' theory I mean one which may be held at the time when one is talking or writing professionally, but which only an inmate of a lunatic asylum would think of carrying into daily life. ... It must not be supposed that the men who maintain these theories and beliefs are 'silly' people. Only very acute and learned men could have thought of anything so odd or defended anything so preposterous against the continual protests of common sense.” PeopleThinkingMenWritingMayMeanBeliefCommonTalkingHe ManTheorySillyCommon SenseOddProtestDaily LifeLunaticAsylumsInmatesLunatic AsylumsSilly People Author:C. D. Broad
“I could never get bored talking about him, he was my favourite player. I loved watching him because he did everything you'd want to see in a footballer. He could dictate the pace of a game; he could take it by the scruff of the neck and control it; he could score decisive goals; he could make the killer pass; he could switch the play, open teams up, slow the game down, quicken it up; whatever was needed. He would take the ball anywhere on the pitch He was such a selfless footballer, too Scholesy was the man, all right.” MenWantPlayGamesGoalTalkingPlayerTeamHe ManNeededBallsBoredNecksScorePaceKillersSelflessFavouriteFootballer Author:Rio Ferdinand
“I hear the headlines on the radio, see them on TV and read them in the paper. When I hear from the men out there, I sometimes don't believe they are talking about the same situation.” MenBelieveSometimesTalkingSituationHe ManTvsPaperDon't BelieveRadioHeadlines Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“I actually performed at an orthodox Jewish wedding, where the men were separated from the women, but they both came together to not enjoy what I was talking about.” MenTogetherEnjoyTalkingHe ManOrthodox Author:Andy Kindler