Men Quotes

Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.

What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these days, and men each one of whom is a valuable, unique experiment on the part of nature are shot down wholesale.

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.

The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature.

Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own.

For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood and soil and class and to create a common language and a common culture in which men can realize their common humanity.

I have done many movies that people hadn't seen. 'The Fountain,' I spent a year on that. 'The Prestige' with Chris Nolan, and 'Australia.' From my perspective it's very satisfying. Some movies people see and other movies they don't. 'Wolverine,' 'X Men,' I know that in some level people know me just for that and it's fine for me.

I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies. So I thought, 'Maybe I'll get to produce one day and get to do cool stuff too,' which is what happened when we did 'Charlie's Angels.' Starting my production company was a big turning point for me.

I think us gals need to stay in and just change the way it works, so men aren't being workaholics and avoiding life and relationships, and they can make films in a reasonable amount of time, so you can have a family and a life outside of work. And have more balanced, content-driven, enjoyable movies.

The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason.

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money.

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

American men, as a group, seem to be interested in only two things, money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook.

If men do not keep on speaking terms with children, they cease to be men, and become merely machines for eating and for earning money.

Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network. They have more companies they can get money from.

My mom was sarcastic about men. She would tell me Adam was the rough draft and Eve was the final product. She was a feminist minister, an earth mom who wore a bra only on Sundays.

My mom had started to go to work when I was nine or ten, so I was aware of women trying to find their own identities by working. But I was still influenced by men to such an extreme. I wanted to play their games and wanted to compete in their world and be like them.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.

A man's kiss is his signature.

A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.