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Quotes About Men

Most men, in my experience, are fools.
~ Madeline Miller
I have heard that men who live by a waterfall cease to hear it-in such way did I learn to live beside the rushing torrent of his doom
~ Madeline Miller
For millennia there have been men who react with horror and disgust to women's independence, men who desire women yet hate them, and who take refuge in fantasies of purity and control. What would it be like to live with such a man as your husband? There are too many today who could answer that. But that is the mark of a good source myth; it is water so wide it can reach across centuries. I hope you enjoyed the swim.
~ Madeline Miller
It made me dizzy to realize that this was but a fraction of a fraction of all the men the world had bred. How could such variation endure, such endless iteration of minds and faces? Did the earth not go mad?
~ Madeline Miller
They never listened. The truth is, men make terrible pigs.
~ Madeline Miller
War has always seemed to me a foolish choice for men. Whatever they wi from it, they will only have a handful of years enjoy before they die. More likely they will perish trying.
~ Madeline Miller
That men worshipped him like a god, but no one mourned.
~ Madeline Miller
I felt sorry for the other kings who had to fight for their authority or wore it poorly, their gestures jagged and rough. With Achilles it was graceful as a blessing, and the men lifted their faces to it as they would a to priest.
~ Unknown
Some women pick men to marry--and others pick them to pieces.
~ Mae West
It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.
~ Mae West
It's not the men in my life, it's the life in my men.
~ Mae West
Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign.
~ Mae West
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
~ Mae West
I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.
~ Mae West
Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.
~ Mae West
I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.
~ Mae West
Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
~ Mae West
Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different.
~ Mae West
I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
~ Mae West
A me piacciono solo due tipi di uomini: gli stranieri e quelli del mio Paese.
~ Mae West
THERE are more parades in this city than any of us know about. There was one yesterday that went unwitnessed and unadmired except by two policemen and me, and it was a real parade, with marching men, all in line and all in step, and martial music.
~ Maeve Brennan
Men are appalling.. We never really grow up, well not on the inside. It's all just an act. Don't ever trust men, we're dreadful. Enjoy us, use us, abuse us, but never trust us." - HAM
~ Unknown
At a job interview at a university, three men sitting across from me at a table. On my cv it says that I am currently working on a book about the color blue. I have been saying this for years without writing a word. It is, perhaps, my way of making my life feel "in progress" rather than a sleeve of ash falling off a lit cigarette.
~ Maggie Nelson
Misogyny, when expressed or explored by men, remains a timeless classic.
~ Maggie Nelson