- Nov 07, 2020
Man Quotes
Short lines on character, patience and what it means to be a man.
This is a smaller, general collection of quotes touching on manhood, character and patience. One well-known line uses golf as an example, a test of temperament disguised as a leisure game, to make a wider point about what reveals a man's spirit. For steadier, values-driven lines, see our Good quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny: the one time I got star-struck was when I met Snoop Dogg. I gave him a hug and said, 'I love you, man.'
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a gay man who loves James Bond films and snooker - all kinds of working-class pursuits.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The question I ask myself is: have I really just become a squeamish middle-aged man, or has something happened to the horror genre that shows a growing appetite for watching torture, or at least a desire to explore it on film? And if so, why would that be? I can't pretend I know. I just know I don't like it.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men such as President Bill Clinton don't have trouble showing a warmth which works for him, but women in power seem hesitant to use their feminine charm in a man's world out of concern for appearing lightweight, manipulative, or needing to use it to make up for something that is lacking.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I opened up for Richard Pryor in 1992. I had a conversation with him. All those other comedians can say what they want about what they did, but I opened up for the man. Paul Mooney and I are probably the only ones that can say that.
- Fighter
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- Nov 07, 2020
A good choreographer is one that's going to collaborate, teach, guide - everything. The wonderful thing on 'Brotherhood of the Wolf' was that we had Philip Kwok - he choreographed John Woo's 'Hard Boiled,' and in the '70s, he was a martial arts actor, stunt man, fighter, choreographer in Hong Kong.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was thirteen, I was in a supermarket with my mother, and for no reason at all, I picked up a science-fiction book at the checkout stand and started reading it. I couldn't believe I was doing that, actually reading a book. And, man, it opened up a whole new thing. Reading became the sparkplug of my imagination.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing that puts a man more in your debt than that he owes you nothing.
- Nov 07, 2020
The successful man doesn't use others, other people use the successful man, for above all the success is of service.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
The individual man is transitory, but the pulse of life and of growth goes on after he is gone, buried under a wreath of magnolia leaves.
- Nov 07, 2020
No man should have proprietary rights over land who does not use that land wisely and lovingly.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
At his heart, Gambit is a good man who believes in taking care of his friends, and his friends are what's most important to him. People are his home. He will do anything for those who matter to him.
- Forget
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- Nov 07, 2020