981 private quotes tagged men

“We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.” — Calvin Coolidge

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“Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.” — Susan B. Anthony

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“The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.” — Avicenna

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“I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.” — Marlene Dietrich

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“The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same.” — Billy Graham

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“Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.” — James A. Baldwin

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“But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money.” — Little Richard

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“The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men.” — Andy Rooney

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“These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished.” — Christopher Columbus

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“Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.” — Le Corbusier

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“How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.” — William James

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“Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail.” — Carroll O'Connor

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“What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences.” — Abbe Pierre

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“I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?” — Elizabeth Taylor

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“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

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“The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.” — Junius

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“I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.'” — Les Dawson

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“Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.” — Wendy Cope

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“Most of us women like men, you know it's just that we find them a constant disappointment.” — Clare Short

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“Men are like the stars some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.” — Jose Marti

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“If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isn't it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long?” — Gloria Steinem

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“Strong women only marry weak men.” — Bette Davis

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“Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.” — Jimmy Carter

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“It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.” — Gertrude Stein

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“Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.” — Marilyn Monroe

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