981 private quotes tagged men

“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves they therefore remain bound.” — James Allen

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“As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.” — Jean-Paul Sartre

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“Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.” — Richard Wright

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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.” — Doris Day

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“It is not true that suffering ennobles the character happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.” — W. Somerset Maugham

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“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” — Robert E. Howard

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“When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho.” — Sarah Jessica Parker

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“Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?” — Jim Bouton

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“Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.” — Margaret Mead

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“Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal relations, time to become better men, time to become better women, time to become better and more independent citizens.” — Samuel Gompers

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“All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible.” — Noah Webster

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“Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius.” — Albert Pike

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“I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage.” — Halle Berry

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“If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing each other now. Young black men would not be impregnating young black women at the rate going on now. We'd not have the drugs we have now, or the alcoholism.” — Spike Lee

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“I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.” — Herodotus

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“Even if society dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways, it is fathers and mothers who teach those ways to children not just in the words they say, but in the lives they lead.” — Augustus Y. Napier

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“All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.” — Francois Fenelon

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“I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most.” — Marguerite Duras

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“I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.” — Yousuf Karsh

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“Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.” — Richard Bach

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“I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.” — Whitney Houston

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“All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.” — Jean de la Bruyere

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“I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men get, the younger their new wives get.” — Elizabeth Taylor

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“Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.” — Charles Dickens

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