Men Quotes | Beyond Motive 17/19

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"Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?"

"Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?"

Jean Giraudoux, French Dramatist

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"The Free State men, myself among them, took it for granted that Missouri was a slave state."

"The Free State men, myself among them, took it for granted that Missouri was a slave state."

Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity

33

"Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked by children."

"Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked by children."

Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American Lawyer

Men, Children, Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

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"We found that when people put this issue on the table, it turns out that men acknowledge the issue, and employers and employees can work out solutions just as working mothers do."

"We found that when people put this issue on the table, it turns out that men acknowledge the issue, and employers and employees can work out solutions just as working mothers do."

James Levine, American Musician

Men, Work, People, Employees

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"I don't do stunts and I don't think many actors do. For an actor to say they do their own stunts I don't think is very respectful of the profession of stunt men and women."

"I don't do stunts and I don't think many actors do. For an actor to say they do their own stunts I don't think is very respectful of the profession of stunt men and women."

Nick Stahl, American Actor

Men, Women, Actors

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"If little green men land in your back yard, hide any little green women you've got in the house."

"If little green men land in your back yard, hide any little green women you've got in the house."

Mike Harding, British Musician

Men, Women, Land

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"It is usually when men are at their most religious that they behave with the least sense and the greatest cruelty."

"It is usually when men are at their most religious that they behave with the least sense and the greatest cruelty."

Ilka Chase, American Actress

Men, Cruelty, Religious, Sense

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"There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men don't think there's a lot they don't know. Women do. Women want to learn. Men think, "I know what I'm doing, just show me somebody naked.""

"There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men don't think there's a lot they don't know. Women do. Women want to learn. Men think, "I know what I'm doing, just show me somebody naked.""

Jerry Seinfeld, American Comedian

Men, Women, Advice, Want

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"Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation."

"Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation."

James Thurber, American Comedian

Men, Desperation

32

"Hungry men don't ask, they take."

"Hungry men don't ask, they take."

Kenneth Kolb, American Screenwriter

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"Later we learned that it was one of our own men hanging on the wire. Nobody could do anything for him; two men had already tried to save him, only to be shot themselves."

"Later we learned that it was one of our own men hanging on the wire. Nobody could do anything for him; two men had already tried to save him, only to be shot themselves."

Ernst Toller, German Playwright

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"I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal."

"I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

Men, Nature, Acceptance

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"I know what you're going to say! 'They are men, and men should be free.' A free man is dangerous to himself and everyone else. Freedom should be left to those who can put it to good use."

"I know what you're going to say! 'They are men, and men should be free.' A free man is dangerous to himself and everyone else. Freedom should be left to those who can put it to good use."

Dave Sim, Canadian Cartoonist

Men, Freedom, Man

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"If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter."

"If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter."

Ralph A. Cram, American Architect

Men, Nature, Society, Life

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"I don't think a powerful man would be interesting unless he'd be nice, attractive, with or without the power. Men are interested in powerful men. Women are interested in terrific men!"

"I don't think a powerful man would be interesting unless he'd be nice, attractive, with or without the power. Men are interested in powerful men. Women are interested in terrific men!"

Dorothy Stratten, Canadian Celebrity

Men, Women, Power, Man

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"Destiny is something men select; women achieve it only by default or stupendous suffering."

"Destiny is something men select; women achieve it only by default or stupendous suffering."

Harriet Rosenstein, American Biographer

Men, Women, Destiny, Suffering

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"I think men are a beautiful creation."

"I think men are a beautiful creation."

Krista Allen, American Actress

31

"I'm terrified of men these days. If someone asked me out now, I don't know what I'd say, how I'd react. But I couldn't go through with it, not at all. I suppose I've been terrified of them all along."

"I'm terrified of men these days. If someone asked me out now, I don't know what I'd say, how I'd react. But I couldn't go through with it, not at all. I suppose I've been terrified of them all along."

Christine Keeler, English Model

31

"The irony is that the more unapologetically sexist men are in movies, the more women tend to be attracted to them in person."

"The irony is that the more unapologetically sexist men are in movies, the more women tend to be attracted to them in person."

Jon Favreau, American Actor

Men, Women, Movies, Irony

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"Those are the men who will dance at your wedding."

"Those are the men who will dance at your wedding."

Guy Madison, American Actor

Men, Wedding, Dance, Will

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"Housework is the only activity at which men are allowed to be consistently inept because they are thought to be so competent at everything else."

"Housework is the only activity at which men are allowed to be consistently inept because they are thought to be so competent at everything else."

Letty Cottin Pogrebin, American Activist

Men, Thought, Housework

31

"I enjoyed sex and indulged in it when I fancied the men."

"I enjoyed sex and indulged in it when I fancied the men."

Christine Keeler, English Model

31

"Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism."

"Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism."

Katherine Gerould, American Author

Men, Altruism, Possession

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"It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness."

"It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness."

Ninon de Lenclos, French Celebrity

Men, Women, Boldness, Modesty

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"Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy."

"Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

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"When I first began, the technicians, camera and makeup men made me feel so self-conscious that I began to have the biggest inferiority complex about my looks."

"When I first began, the technicians, camera and makeup men made me feel so self-conscious that I began to have the biggest inferiority complex about my looks."

Jessie Matthews, British Actress

Men, Inferiority, First, Makeup

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"Men and women of high professional standing have been reduced to the status of vagrants."

"Men and women of high professional standing have been reduced to the status of vagrants."

Elmer Rice, American Playwright

30

"If you speak or write truth about powerful men, they become your enemies."

"If you speak or write truth about powerful men, they become your enemies."

Matthew Paris, English Clergyman

Men, Truth, Enemies

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"A handful of older, romantic leading men, like Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, and Robert Redford are still landing parts."

"A handful of older, romantic leading men, like Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, and Robert Redford are still landing parts."

Charles Dance, English Actor

Men, Leading, Romantic

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"Men are strong, women are smart, but no matter how smart, their bellies are always there to betray women and that's their downfall."

"Men are strong, women are smart, but no matter how smart, their bellies are always there to betray women and that's their downfall."

Simone Schwarz-Bart, French Novelist

29

"If men liked shopping, they'd call it research."

"If men liked shopping, they'd call it research."

Cynthia Nelms, American Author

29

"A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth."

"A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth."

Christopher Wren, English Architect

Men, Time, Earth, Eyes

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"A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive one."

"A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive one."

Oswald Chambers, Scottish Theologian

Men, Language, Sense

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"Through the centuries, men of law have been persistently concerned with the resolution of disputes in ways that enable society to achieve its goals with a minimum of force and maximum of reason."

"Through the centuries, men of law have been persistently concerned with the resolution of disputes in ways that enable society to achieve its goals with a minimum of force and maximum of reason."

Archibald Cox, American Public Servant

Men, Society, Goals, Force

29

"If it weren't for women, men would still be wearing last week's socks."

"If it weren't for women, men would still be wearing last week's socks."

Cynthia Nelms, American Author

29

"Men can do all things if they will."

"Men can do all things if they will."

Leon Battista Alberti, Italian Architect

29

"I can honestly, and proudly, say that I never was on the casting couch. Oh, of course there have been advances from certain men in the movie industry, but nothing overwhelming."

"I can honestly, and proudly, say that I never was on the casting couch. Oh, of course there have been advances from certain men in the movie industry, but nothing overwhelming."

Dorothy Stratten, Canadian Celebrity

29

"There is no justice among men."

"There is no justice among men."

Nicholas II, Russian Royalty

28

"It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it."

"It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it."

Hannah Cowley, English Dramatist

28

"It seems as though women keep growing. Eventually they can have little or nothing in common with the men they chose long ago."

"It seems as though women keep growing. Eventually they can have little or nothing in common with the men they chose long ago."

Eugenie Clark, American Ichthyologist

Men, Women, Nothing

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"Some hypocrites and seeming mortified men, that held down their heads, were like the little images that they place in the very bowing of the vaults of churches, that look as if they held up the church, but are but puppets."

"Some hypocrites and seeming mortified men, that held down their heads, were like the little images that they place in the very bowing of the vaults of churches, that look as if they held up the church, but are but puppets."

William Laud, English Clergyman

Men, Church, Churches

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"Nay, men are so far from musing of their sins, that they disdain this practise, and scoff at it: what say they, if all were of your mind; what should become of us? Shall we be always poring on our corruptions?"

"Nay, men are so far from musing of their sins, that they disdain this practise, and scoff at it: what say they, if all were of your mind; what should become of us? Shall we be always poring on our corruptions?"

Thomas Hooker, American Celebrity

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"It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which men are moved."

"It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which men are moved."

Irwin Edman, American Philosopher

Men, Logic, Myth, Reason

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"Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course."

"Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them."

"What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them."

August Strindberg, Swedish Dramatist

27

"Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the persuasion of other men, yet my own conscience did cheek and upbraid me in it."

"Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the persuasion of other men, yet my own conscience did cheek and upbraid me in it."

William Laud, English Clergyman

Men, Ambition, Conscience, Name

27

"In a way, I'm like Will Rogers, never having met a man I really disliked. I'm not a vamp. I just like men."

"In a way, I'm like Will Rogers, never having met a man I really disliked. I'm not a vamp. I just like men."

Dorothy Stratten, Canadian Celebrity

27

"The Lord showed me, so that I did see clearly, that he did not dwell in these temples which men had commanded and set up, but in people's hearts... his people were his temple, and he dwelt in them."

"The Lord showed me, so that I did see clearly, that he did not dwell in these temples which men had commanded and set up, but in people's hearts... his people were his temple, and he dwelt in them."

George Fox, English Clergyman

Men, People, Temple

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"If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers."

"If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers."

Doris Day, American Actress

Men, Women, Fact, Lovers

26

"I like men to be men and I like them to care about me and to take care of me. I'm willing to let them do that."

"I like men to be men and I like them to care about me and to take care of me. I'm willing to let them do that."

Shelley Long, American Actress

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