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"Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners."

"Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Men, Society, Actions, First

8

"I've made a career over the last seventeen years of mostly playing men in uniform, especially cops. The one thing for an actor that is death, is if you're bored. The boredom will show in your work."

"I've made a career over the last seventeen years of mostly playing men in uniform, especially cops. The one thing for an actor that is death, is if you're bored. The boredom will show in your work."

Benjamin Bratt, American Actor

Men, Work, Death

8

"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

8

"There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks."

"There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks."

Bob Geldof, Irish Actor

Men, Arguments, Being, Children

8

"Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections."

"Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections."

Archibald Alexander, American Clergyman

Men, Morality, Motives

8

"Men are most virile and most attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don't have time to teach him."

"Men are most virile and most attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don't have time to teach him."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

8

"I mean a song that's specifically for the girls. It's saying you know we talk about them night and day, we're constantly pondering on men and what they've done good and what they've done bad and all these things in our lives."

"I mean a song that's specifically for the girls. It's saying you know we talk about them night and day, we're constantly pondering on men and what they've done good and what they've done bad and all these things in our lives."

Willa Ford, American Musician

Men, Day, Girls, Night

8

"The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own light, but that of Christ."

"The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own light, but that of Christ."

Pope Benedict XVI, German Clergyman

Men, Women, Christ, Light

8

"One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations."

"One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations."

Philip Emeagwali, Nigerian Scientist

Men, Positive, American, Nations

8

"I think that show will go down in history... people will scratch their heads and say 'How did this ever get on the air?' I mean, they finally have a planet that's populated with a black race and then they present them as savage warriors, and the men want the white girl!"

"I think that show will go down in history... people will scratch their heads and say 'How did this ever get on the air?' I mean, they finally have a planet that's populated with a black race and then they present them as savage warriors, and the men want the white girl!"

Denise Crosby, American Actress

Men, History, People, Present

8

"It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too."

"It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Men, Honor, Will

8

"I've always loved men."

"I've always loved men."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

8

"If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grandchildren. I want them to not send a bunch of strangers' kids in there to fight and die."

"If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grandchildren. I want them to not send a bunch of strangers' kids in there to fight and die."

F. Murray Abraham, American Actor

Men, Children, Fight, Kids

8

"God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress."

"God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress."

Robert South, English Clergyman

Men, Religion, God, Conscience

8

"Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen."

"Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen."

Henry Taylor, English Dramatist

8

"First, women are more likely to live in poverty during their retirement years than are men."

"First, women are more likely to live in poverty during their retirement years than are men."

Ginny B. Waite, American Author

Men, Women, First, Poverty

8

"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

8

"It's a cosmic joke that I'm a lesbian, because I understand men so well but women are a complete mystery to me."

"It's a cosmic joke that I'm a lesbian, because I understand men so well but women are a complete mystery to me."

Lea DeLaria, American Comedian

Men, Women, Lesbian, Mystery

8

"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

8

"Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men."

"Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men."

Bede Griffiths, British Clergyman

Men, Freedom, Obedience, Radical

8

"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

8

"Through all the relationship stuff I've gone through in the past few years, I know there are fundamental differences in how men and women view sex and how they view their futures."

"Through all the relationship stuff I've gone through in the past few years, I know there are fundamental differences in how men and women view sex and how they view their futures."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

Men, Women, Sex, Past

8

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages."

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Men, Time, Women, Being

8

"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

8

"One says also, it is one of the most faithful men in Hollywood, and makes again more interesting it equal."

"One says also, it is one of the most faithful men in Hollywood, and makes again more interesting it equal."

Michelle Hunziker, Swiss Actress

8

"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

8

"Hollywood usually doesn't have strong woman in films like that, and it's stupid, so for the most part they're usually being directed and written by men."

"Hollywood usually doesn't have strong woman in films like that, and it's stupid, so for the most part they're usually being directed and written by men."

Ryan Gosling, Canadian Actor

Men, Being, Hollywood, Woman

8

"Scientific men can hardly escape the charge of ignorance with regard to the precise effect of the impact of modern science upon the mode of living of the people and upon their civilisation."

"Scientific men can hardly escape the charge of ignorance with regard to the precise effect of the impact of modern science upon the mode of living of the people and upon their civilisation."

Frederick Soddy, English Scientist

Men, Science, People, Effect

8

"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

8

"Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God."

"Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God."

George Whitefield, American Clergyman

Men, God, Arguments, Obedience

8

"If men had to do their vile work without the assistance of woman and the stimulant of strong drink they would be obliged to be more divine and less brutal."

"If men had to do their vile work without the assistance of woman and the stimulant of strong drink they would be obliged to be more divine and less brutal."

Caroline Churchill, American Journalist

Men, Work, Woman

8

"Women hear rhythm differently than men."

"Women hear rhythm differently than men."

Elvis Costello, British Musician

8

"I don't envy men and I certainly wouldn't like to become one now."

"I don't envy men and I certainly wouldn't like to become one now."

Louise Brown, English Celebrity

8

"At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose."

"At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose."

Alcuin, English Clergyman

Men, Athens, Fools

7

"The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us."

"The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us."

Edmund Leach, British Scientist

Men, Violence, World

7

"Brutal men with unlimited power are the same all over the world."

"Brutal men with unlimited power are the same all over the world."

Mary Chesnut, American Author

Men, Power, World

7

"You have been tried by twelve good men and true, not of your peers but as high above you as heaven is of hell, and they have said you are guilty."

"You have been tried by twelve good men and true, not of your peers but as high above you as heaven is of hell, and they have said you are guilty."

Roy Bean, American Judge

Men, Heaven, Hell

7

"A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness."

"A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness."

Robert Cecil, British Public Servant

Men, Wealth, Comparisons, Horses

7

"The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men."

"The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men."

Julius Charles Hare, English Clergyman

7

"I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequity. I long for the liberation of all people."

"I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequity. I long for the liberation of all people."

Jasmine Guy, American Actress

Men, Women, People, Cruelty

7

"I wish your increase in holiness, number, love, religion, and righteousness; and wait you, and cease to contend with these men that are gone from us, for there is nothing that shall convince them but judgment."

"I wish your increase in holiness, number, love, religion, and righteousness; and wait you, and cease to contend with these men that are gone from us, for there is nothing that shall convince them but judgment."

Donald Cargill, Scottish Clergyman

Men, Love, Religion, Holiness

7

"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

7

"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist."

"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist."

Robert Schumann, German Composer

Men, Artist, Darkness, Duty

7

"Men tend to be selfish."

"Men tend to be selfish."

Caprice Bourret, American Model

7

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

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

Kenneth Kolb, American Screenwriter

7

"It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it."

"It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it."

Archibald Alexander, American Clergyman

Men, Credit, Interest, News

7

"Just as men must give up economic control when their wives share the responsibility for the family's financial well-being, women must give up exclusive parental control when their husbands assume more responsibility for child care."

"Just as men must give up economic control when their wives share the responsibility for the family's financial well-being, women must give up exclusive parental control when their husbands assume more responsibility for child care."

Augustus Y. Napier, American Psychologist

Men, Women, Family, Control

7

"Recruitment and retention are critical to sustain our Armed Forces with the best men and women willing to stand in the gap and make huge sacrifices to ensure our freedom."

"Recruitment and retention are critical to sustain our Armed Forces with the best men and women willing to stand in the gap and make huge sacrifices to ensure our freedom."

Zack Wamp, American Politician

Men, Women, Freedom

7

"Men don't care what's on TV. They only care what else is on TV."

"Men don't care what's on TV. They only care what else is on TV."

Jerry Seinfeld, American Comedian

7

"Churchill was one of the few men I have met who even in the flesh give me the impression of genius. George Bernard Shaw is another. It is amusing to know that each thinks the other is overrated."

"Churchill was one of the few men I have met who even in the flesh give me the impression of genius. George Bernard Shaw is another. It is amusing to know that each thinks the other is overrated."

David Low, British Cartoonist

Men, Genius, Impression

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