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Quotes About Men

I found myself thinking that I had always heretofore assumed that the tendency of eighteenth-century ladies to swoon was due to tight stays; now I rather thought it might be due to the idiocy of eighteenth-century men.
~ Diana Gabaldon
The other men also disarmed, as was suitable in the house of God, leaving an impressively bristling pile of lethality in the back pew.
~ Diana Gabaldon
The rest of the journey passed uneventfully, if you consider it uneventful to ride fifteen miles on horseback through rough country at night, frequently without benefit of roads, in company with kilted men
~ Diana Gabaldon
We passed the rest of the day in pleasant conversation, wandering among his reminiscences of the dear departed days when men were men, and the pernicious weed of civilization was less rampant upon the bonny wild face of the Highlands.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Young and inexperienced Grey might be, but he was not unobservant. Neither was he a poor judge of men.
~ Diana Gabaldon
It occurred to me, listening to the chorus, that men in a hospital ward seldom really snore. Breathe heavily, yes. They gasp, groan occasionally, and sometimes sob or cry out in sleep. But there was no comparison to this healthy racket. Perhaps it was that sick or injured men could not sleep deeply enough to relax into that sort of din.
~ Diana Gabaldon
The men's attention had shifted to a young man crouched on a stool in the corner. He had barely looked up through my appearance and interrogation, but kept his head bent, hand clutching the opposite shoulder, rocking slightly back and forth in pain.
~ Diana Gabaldon
I do not understand men." That made him chuckle, deep in his chest. "Yes, ye do, Sassenach. Ye only wish ye didn
~ Diana Gabaldon
Mmphm. Well, I suppose men can make all the laws they like," he said, "but God made hope. The stars willna burn out." He turned and, cupping my chin, kissed me gently. "And nor will we.
~ Diana Gabaldon
I drew a deep breath and sighed, shaking my head. "I do not understand men." That made him chuckle, deep in his chest. "Yes, ye do, Sassenach. Ye only wish ye didn't.
~ Diana Gabaldon
I was of an age, after all, where Ã¢â'¬Â¦ Well, on the other hand, he presumably didn't have the same instinctive reactions that the majority of men did, in terms of feminine attractions. Which rather left open the question Ã¢â'¬Â¦ "Why?
~ Diana Gabaldon
It is not merely the relief of necessary urges," he added pointedly, turning his head to meet my eyes. "There is true liking between us." "I'm pleased to hear that," I murmured. "He, er, he's Ã¢â'¬Â¦Ã¢â'¬Â "I have no idea whether his preference is solely for men. I rather doubt it—I was somewhat surprised when he made his desires known in re myself—but I am in no position to complain, whatever his tastes may be.
~ Diana Gabaldon
De andere stenen begonnen te roepen. Ik hoorde het geluid van een slagveld, de kreten van stervende mannen en gewonde paarden.
~ Diana Gabaldon
I understood very well just then, why it is that men measure time. They wish to fix a moment, in the vain hope that so doing will keep it from departing.
~ Diana Gabaldon
I suppose men can make all the laws they like," he said, "but God made hope.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Wondered often, if I could call that edge to my service, and sheathe it safe again. For I have seen a great many men grow hard in that calling, and their steel decay to dull iron. And I have wondered often, was I master in my soul, or did I become the slave of my own blade?
~ Diana Gabaldon
What, again?" I murmured, amused. "Men your age aren't supposed to do it again so soon.
~ Diana Gabaldon
She glanced from the redheads to Germain, walking reed-thin and graceful through shadows and light, still singing, and thought how desperately beautiful men were.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Lying on the floor, with the carved panels of the ceiling flickering dimly above, I found myself thinking that I had always heretofore assumed that the tendency of eighteenth-century ladies to swoon was due to tight stays; now I rather thought it might be due to the idiocy of eighteenth-century men.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Well, I suppose men can make all the laws they like," he said, "but God made hope.
~ Diana Gabaldon
I'm astonished at the freedom with which a depressingly large number of men feel they can just say what they want and write the most hideously misogynistic stuff about women.
~ Fiona Bruce
I don't think men dress to look attractive; I think they dress to look cool.
~ Lil Yachty
The more I know about men the more I like dogs.
~ Gloria Allred
Most drag impersonations are a drag. But women can like Geraldine, men can like Geraldine, everyone can like Geraldine.
~ Flip Wilson