Quotes Tagged "men"

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.

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

Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.

Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with.

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.

What are men to rocks and mountains?

Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

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

Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.