Quotes About Expectations

Men can be a great deal of work for very little reward.

The first kiss is stolen by the man; the last is begged by the woman.

The man who puts into the marriage only half of what he owns will get that out.

Women without men are usually nervous. ... The important thing is to have a man, even if you just like him. Pleasing him, you will please yourself.

Some men have a silly theory about beautiful women - that somewhere along the line they'll turn into a monster. That movie gave them a chance to watch it happen.

You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.

Why can't a woman be more like a man? Men are so honest, so thoroughly square; Eternally noble, historically fair; Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat. Why can't a woman be like that?

Show me a satisfied man, and I'll show you a failure.

Most men live like raisins in a cake of custom.

When I look at myself, I don't see the man I wanted to be.

I don't think 50-50 relationships exist. Men have an incredibly variety of options. It's much harder for a woman to do both things. I think traditional relationships work best.

Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.

In the end, most women get the type of man they dress for.

All men, if they work not as in the great taskmaster's eye, will work wrong, and work unhappily for themselves and for you.

I'm not a conventional leading man at all and have no wish to be.

The trouble is you almost have to marry a man before you can find out the sort of wife he needs; and usually it's exactly the sort you are not.

Its awfully hard to be the son of a great man and also of a half-crazy woman.

The hardest thing for me is crying. Where I'm from, it's been instilled in me since I was little that men don't cry. Thank God for teardrops and menthol.

A man's presence suggests what he is capable of doing to you or for you. By contrast, a woman's presence... defines what can and cannot be done to her.

The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.

Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.

Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are, but not with men; following the lead of men, they are most often disgusted with themselves

I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming.

Boys don't cry, but men do.