“George W. Bush has a new campaign slogan: "A reformer with results." I don't know what it means [but] I think it's better than his old campaign slogan: "A dumb guy with connections.” ThinkingKnowsMeanGuyResultsConnectionsCampaignsDumbSlogansReformersDumb Guy Author:David Letterman
“Private-equity and hedge-fund guys typically come into a situation of mediocrity, where rapid change may result in a profit.” MayGuyResultsSituationProfitFundMediocrityEquityRapidsHedge FundPrivate EquityRapid Change Author:Austin Ligon
“A third myth is that men think that women like guys who are dangerous. As a result, guys will often smoke cigarettes, drink too much, and ride a motorcycle without a helmet. The reality? Women don't like guys who are dangerous. Women want us to think that because women are trying to kill us.” ThinkingMenWantTryingRealityGuyResultsToo MuchDangerousDrinkThirdsMythSmokeCigaretteWant UMotorcycleWomen WantHelmet Author:Dennis Miller
“A married guy is responsible for everything, no matter what. Women, thanks to their having been oppressed all these years, are blameless, free as birds, and all the dirt they do is the result of premenstrual syndrome or postmenstrual stress or menopause or emotional disempowerment by their fathers or low expectations by their teachers or latent unspoken sexual harassment in the workplace, or some other airy excuse. The guy alone is responsible for every day of marriage that is less than marvelous and meaningful.” YearsMatterGuyFatherResultsTeacherEmotionalMarriedLowsBirdExpectationsStressResponsibleNo Matter WhatExcuseMeaningfulThanksDirtOppressedMarvelousWorkplaceUnspokenHarassmentSyndromesLatentAiryMenopauseBlamelessLow ExpectationsDisempowerment Book:The Book of Guys: Stories Source: The Book of Guys: Stories
“Who is telling us about the false self today? Who is even equipped tell us? Many clergy have not figured this out for themselves, since even ministry can be a career decision or an attraction to "religion" more than the result of an encounter with God or themselves. Formal religious status can maintain the false self rather effectively, especially if there are a lot of social payoffs like special respect, titles, salaries, a good self image, or nice costumes. It is no accident that the religious "Pharisees" became the symbolic bad guys in the Jesus story.” IfsSelfStoriesTodayGuyJesusSocialReligiousDecisionResultsCareersNiceSpecialAccidentsAttractionTitlesEncountersMinistryFormalCostumesBad GuysSalarySymbolicClergyPayoffPharisees Book:Immortal Diamond: The search for our true self Source: Immortal Diamond: The search for our true self
“Clearly, there's a real onus on you to do something correctly when everybody, at least in the United States, had a really clear, specific idea of what this guy looked like - and even more so, what he looked like as Clark Kent and as Superman. You have this whole vast audience of people who would be acutely aware of any deviation whatsoever and probably holding you to a slightly higher standard as a result.” PeopleIdeasRealStatesWholeWould BeGuyUnitedResultsUnited StatesAudienceClearHigherStandardsThis GuyDeviationHigher StandardsKent Author:Ben Affleck