- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men Quotes
Serious duty and dry humor, side by side.
Quotes about "men" here range from serious to sharply funny — one set addresses military service and daily accountability, while another pushes back on the idea that women should shape themselves around what men expect. For related themes, see Great quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
At some point, all black movies became biopics. All the good, serious ones became biopics. 'Ray,' 'Ali'... those types of movies, those are the opportunities available for mostly men. Those are the opportunities for a black actor to transcend 'black' movies. They have to play a black icon.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
The tax laws are written by men with considerable net worth, and with little understanding of what wage-earners must do to make ends meet.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.
- Cripple
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always looking for people on the other side of the aisle for any initiative I'm sponsoring - men and women - to move things forward.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Among the good and decent men, some are unprepared for the surprises of life, and their good intentions run aground when confronted with issues like child care.
- Deserve
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the whole, the accommodationist position has been dominant in U.S. law and public culture ─ ever since George Washington wrote a famous letter to the Quakers explaining that he would not require them to serve in the military because the 'conscientious scruples of all men' deserve the greatest 'delicacy and tenderness.'
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
American men do have genuine reasons for anxiety. The traditional jobs that many men have filled are disappearing, thanks to automation and outsourcing. The jobs that remain require, in most cases, higher education, which is increasingly difficult for non-affluent families to afford.
- Behaving
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- Nov 07, 2020