All Quotes By Tag: Men
“Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.”
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“The manlier you are, the harder it is to understand what a woman wants: there is not a hint of female brain in you.”
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“Then I imagined a lifetime of having to cry to get him to be kind, and I went back to no again.”
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“On the left side of a strong woman, stands a strong man; he is strengthened by her character.”
“He doesn’t have to love your CD collection. He doesn’t have to love your shoes. But any good, mature guy better make an attempt to love your friends and family—especially when they’re great.”
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“Women that can work a camera with ease often work men just as effortlessly for both require the same commitment to vanity and manipulation.”
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“Give a man a centimeter and he’ll think he’s a ruler.”
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“Dominator culture teaches all of us that the core of our identity is defined by the will to dominate and control others. We are taught that this will to dominate is more biologically hardwired in males than in females. In actuality, dominator culture teaches us that we are all natural-born killers but that males are more able to realize the predator role. In the dominator model the pursuit of external power, the ability to manipulate and control others, is what matters most. When culture is based on a dominator model, not only will it be violent but it will frame all relationships as power struggles.”
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“Prince or commoner, tenor or bass,Painter or plumber or never-do-well,Do me a favor and shut your face -Poets alone should kiss and tell.”
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“The girl was grateful to the young man for every bit of flattery; she wanted to linger for a moment in its warmth and so she said, ‘You’re very good at lying.”Do I look like a liar?”You look like you enjoy lying to women,’ said the girl, and into her words there crept unawares a touch of the old anxiety, because she really did believe that her young man enjoyed lying to women.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Men are jealous of every woman, even when they don’t have the slightest interest in her themselves.”
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“I’m tired of waiting by the phone, and second-guessing what a guy says and trusting someone not to hurt me. Again. I’ve been storming the relationship castle for fifteen years, and I still don’t have my prince. I’ve got a bunch of battle scars from the field and I want to go home and nurse my wounds. I don’t want to fight anymore.”
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“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.”
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