- 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
- Rather
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd rather be voted 'the sexiest man in Denmark' than 'the ugliest man in Denmark'.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a beer man. I tried to drink whiskey and Scotch, but I don't get it. It smells like a girl who didn't shower and just splashed a lot of perfume on.
- Kiss
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man's kiss is his signature.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
A hard man is good to find.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone in the United States asks me about being a woman CEO. To be honest, it has had no impact on my career. While I was at BCG, it didn't matter whether you were a man or a woman. The only thing that mattered was that you were good at your job.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
My beliefs encompass all religions. But I never show my religious inclination in my films. My characters have dark sides; they aren't the god-fearing characters. It wasn't a conscious decision. I'm a very lazy and emotional person who connects with the common man.
- Nov 07, 2020
The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was just starting out, I had two choices: I could be the beautiful girl on the main man's arm as decoration, or I would have to do a little independent movie to get any depth in the female character.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For three months, we kept going into these writing sessions going, 'Man, I just heard this song on the radio, and it told me to slide my sugar shaker over.' If any guy spoke to us the way those country songs spoke to women, it would not be good for that guy. I would probably punch him in the face.
- Stupid
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020