40 Quotes About Men

In every era and culture, the complexity and nuances of men have sparked curiosity, admiration, and reflection. Whether it's the strength and vulnerability in navigating life's challenges or the wisdom and humor in everyday moments, men have been the subject of countless musings. In this collection, we delve into the essence of manhood through the words of writers, philosophers, and visionaries. These quotes offer insightful perspectives, celebrating the multifaceted nature of men and their roles in the tapestry of life. Join us as we explore a carefully selected array of quotes that capture the spirit, struggles, and triumphs of men.

1. “Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.” - Khaled Hosseini

2. “I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.” - Anais Nin

3. “Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.” - Virginia Woolf

4. “Some people are boys longer than others.” - Patricia Briggs

5. “Women may fall when there's no strength in men.Act II” - William Shakespeare

6. “When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When you meet a woman who’s broken, put her all into your arms. Cause we don’t know where we come from … we don’t know where we are. ” - Laurie Anderson

7. “A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.” - Oscar Wilde

8. “I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.” - Charlotte Brontë

9. “But, if you've decided to go out on a limb and kill one, for goodness' sake, be prepared. We all read, with dismay, the sad story of a good woman wronged in south Mississippi who took that option and made a complete mess of the entire thing. See, first she shot him. Well, she saw right off the bat that that was a mistake because then she had this enormous dead body to deal with. He was every bit as much trouble to her dead as he ever had been alive, and was getting more so all the time. So then, she made another snap decision to cut him up in pieces and dispose of him a hunk at a time. More poor planning. First, she didn't have the proper carving utensils on hand and hacking him up proved to be just a major chore, plus it made just this colossal mess on her off-white shag living room carpet. It's getting to be like the Cat in the Hat now, only Thing Two ain't showing up to help with the clean-up. She finally gets him into portable-size portions, and wouldn't you know it? Cheap trash bags. Can anything else possible go wrong for this poor woman? So, the lesson here is obvious--for want of a small chain saw, a roll of Visqueen and some genuine Hefty bags, she is in Parchman Penitentiary today instead of New Orleans, where she'd planned to go with her new boyfriend. Preparation is everything.” - Jill Conner Browne

10. “How many men with a microphone can tell you what he loves the most?” - The White Stripes

11. “Men should be what they seem.” - William Shakespeare

12. “The quality you most admire in a man? Courage moral and physical: 'anima'—the ability to think like a woman. Also a sense of the absurd.The quality you most admire in a woman? Courage moral and physical: “anima”—the ability to visualize the mind and need of a man. Also a sense of the absurd.” - Christopher Hitchens

13. “Nothing on this planet can compare with a woman’s love—it is kind and compassionate, patient and nurturing, generous and sweet and unconditional. Pure. If you are her man, she will walk on water and through a mountain for you, too, no matter how you’ve acted out, no matter what crazy thing you’ve done, no matter the time or demand. If you are her man, she will talk to you until there just aren’t any more words left to say, encourage you when you’re at rock bottom and think there just isn’t any way out, hold you in her arms when you’re sick, and laugh with you when you’re up. And if you’re her man and that woman loves you—I mean really loves you?—she will shine you up when you’re dusty, encourage you when you’re down, defend you even when she’s not so sure you were right, and hang on your every word, even when you’re not saying anything worth listening to. And no matter what you do, no matter how many times her friends say you’re no good, no matter how many times you slam the door on the relationship, she will give you her very best and then some, and keep right on trying to win over your heart, even when you act like everything she’s done to convince you she’s The One just isn’t good enough.That’s a woman’s love—it stands the test of time, logic, and all circumstance....Well, I’m here to tell you that expecting that kind of love— that perfection—from a man is unrealistic. That’s right, I said it—it’s not gonna happen, no way, no how. Because a man’s love isn’t like a woman’s love.” - Steve Harvey

14. “This particular strand of feminism is characterized by two tenets: 1. men are jerks, and 2. women should strive by all means to become like them.” - Douglas Wilson

15. “Prince or commoner, tenor or bass,Painter or plumber or never-do-well,Do me a favor and shut your face -Poets alone should kiss and tell.” - Dorothy Parker

16. “Often men who have been emotionally neglected and abused as children by dominating mothers bond with assertive women, only to have their childhood feelings of being engulfed surface. While they could not 'smash their mommy' and still receive love, they find that they can engage in intimate violence with partners who respond to their acting out by trying harder to connect with them emotionally, hoping that the love offered in the present will heal the wounds of the past. If only one party in the relationship is working to create love, to create the space of emotional connection, the dominator model remains in place and the relationship just becomes a site for continuous power struggle.” - bell hooks

17. “I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.” - Louisa May Alcott

18. “I think when men hear that women want a commitment, they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship, but that's not it. It's a commitment to not floating around anywhere. I want a guy who is entrenched in his own life.” - Mindy Kaling

19. “I’d find someone else. No distractions. Men get in the way of ambition. Plus, they laugh at you when you fail” - Rose Pressey

20. “Nessa held her arm up. She was staring at it, trying to gauge how big that was. “Dude, that’s as big as my arm. That’s like being f****d by a limb dude!” She wiggled her arm back and forth. “That's not normal.” - Erin Jamison

21. “Really? And what curse befalls the Adams of the world?"Ann opens her mouth and, presumably thinking of nothing to say, closes it again. It is Felicity who answers, eyes steely. "They are weak to temptation. And we are their temptresses.” - Libba Bray

22. “Men. You can't live with them...and you can't legally shoot them. I tossed out my husband eight years ago and got a llama instead. Best decision I ever made.” - Jodi Picoult

23. “Men," she said rueful, "are the most absurd creatures on this green earth." "But there are camels," Gabriel pointed out. "Believe me," she answered. "I've taken camels into consideration.” - Zoe Archer

24. “We want different things. Men want to have sex with a woman. Then they want to have sex with another woman. And then another. Then they want to eat cornflakes and sleep for a while, and then they want to have sex with another woman, and another, until they die. Women,’ and I thought I’d better pick my words carefully when describing a gender I didn’t belong to, ‘want a relationship. They may not get it, or they may sleep with a lot of men before they do get it, but ultimately that’s what they want. That’s the goal. Men do not have goals. Natural ones. So they invent them, and put them at either end of a football pitch. And then they invent football. Or they pick fights, or try and get rich, or start wars, or come up with any number of daft bloody things to make up for the fact that they have no real goals.’‘Bollocks,’ said Ronnie.‘That, of course, is the other main difference.” - Hugh Laurie

25. “[In 16th century European society] Marriage was the triumphal arch through which women, almost without exception, had to pass in order to reach the public eye. And after marriage followed, in theory, the total self-abnegation of the woman.” - Antonia Fraser

26. “What a woman wants is a reaction. What a man wants is a woman.” - Charles Bukowski

27. “There are some men who are consoled by the idea that there are women less attractive than their wives; and others who are haunted by the knowledge that there are more attractive.” - John Fowles

28. “Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, and all men are mental patients to varying degrees.” - Nelson DeMille

29. “Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.” - Gavin De Becker

30. “When a man in purple and screaming pink stares at you, you know it's time to change your appearance.” - Susan Ee

31. “Oh.My. Every illegal swear word in the dictionary, God. What is it with older men? don't they ever look in the mirror?” - Diane Messidoro

32. “...Gentlemen don't understand anything, however wise they may be.” - Georgette Heyer

33. “Когато отпиваше тъмната течност, мъжът разбираше, че жаждата на жената до него е попила много сол, затова и виното го хващаше.” - Radostina A. Angelova

34. “War makes animals of men, and we can't let that happen to us. If we do, we won't have any chance of survival.” - Shannon A Thompson

35. “Men are most virile and attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don't have time to teach him.” - Hedy Lamarr

36. “There was an art to the male posterior. That's all there was to it.” - Sarah Addison Allen

37. “​Courage is a virtue appreciated in a male but considered a defect in our gender. Bold women are a threat to a world that is badly out of balance, in favor of men.” - Isabel Allende

38. “The one who can make full sense of love and lives within its narrow expections undresses no weeping face.” - Darmie Orem

39. “Two years hence you will be as calm as I am now, - and far, far happier, I trust, for you are a man and free to act as you please” - Anne Brontë

40. “Submissive men, men who desire to serve as consensual slaves, are on one of the most difficult journeys in the world today, because they have rejected patriarchal privilege and embraced their own heart's calling instead.” - TammyJo Eckhart