Men Quotes - Page 12

Foolish men always believe that a little knowledge will give them control over the world, but it is no more than a display of their vanity.

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

the difference between the old and the new education being) in a word, the old was a kind of propagation - men transmitting manhood to men; the new is merely propaganda.

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

No wonder male religious leaders so often say that humans were born in sin - because we were born to female creatures. Only by obeying the rules of the patriarchy can we be reborn through men. No wonder priests and ministers in skirts sprinkle imitation birth fluid over our heads, give us new names, and promise rebirth into everlasting life.

Men die in battle; women die in childbirth.

They say “as brave as lion”, they say “as clever as fox”, they say “ as friendly as dog” but nobody says “as something good as man”.

God gave men a heart but he gave certain hearts to other men.

It is everything that makes a man. It is everything that makes this man. And that is who I am alive, and that is who I am dead.

Moving forward implies MOTION when in all actuality it may be simply standing STILL and seeing the salvation of the Lord.

The Muse herself makes some men inspired, from whom a chain of other men is strung out who catch their own inspiration from theirs.

The rest of us have never embraced your victim mentality; we are not victims. We are people, the same way that men are. We are equal, yet different. We, unlike you, realize that is not mutually exclusive.

Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.

Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.

Women cannot complain about men anymore until they start getting better taste in them.

Men are jealous of every woman, even when they don’t have the slightest interest in her themselves.

I think when men hear that women want a commitment, they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship, but that's not it. It's a commitment to not floating around anywhere. I want a guy who is entrenched in his own life.

Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?'

The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly.

Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you.'

Didn't you mean them?'

At the moment.

He feared me as many men fear women: because their mistresses (or their wives) understand them. They are scarcely adult, some men: they wish women to understand them, and to that end they tell them all their secrets; and then, when they are properly understood, they hate their women for understanding them.

Give a man a centimeter and he'll think he's a ruler.