Quotes of: Good-men-to-do-nothing Keyword

We got a call from across the street that a black woman had broken into this house.” “And you were going to arrest her without even knocking on the door?” “We had to secure her first. Um. Are you okay, ma’am?” “Of course I am. Don’t y...

Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore

Well, of course, you can't expect people to rearrange their minds in five minutes. And I'm not good at this. And I don't want to do it. It's a bore, anyway. Unfortunately I know what will happen if I keep on; I'll say that if we are going to talk abo...

On Strike Against God

In most books, the I, or first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference. We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking. I should not talk so muc...

Walden

The symptoms of abuse are there, and the woman usually sees them: the escalating frequency of put-downs. Early generosity turning more and more to selfishness. Verbal explosions when he is irritated or when he doesn’t get his way. Her grievances co...

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

My spiritual life is... sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don't. When I do have access to it, it's usually a sense of my understanding what the best course of action or the best thing for me to do. By best, I mean when I have a real sense...

Al Franken

Do I believe in coupling? Do I believe in commitment? Do I believe in co-parenting, raising children together, having a family, and growing old with someone? I absolutely believe in all of those things. I just don't believe that you need to be marrie...

Laura Wasser

It strikes me every time I do an interview that I don't really sit around thinking about my goals and my life and my career. I do what I love doing and I get a lot of feedback. I'm free as a bird, you know? If I do something good, it's, 'Wow, that wa...

Lena Olin

When men do not forget what can be forgotten but forget what cannot be forgotten - that may be called true forgetting.

The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu

The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.

Democracy in America

Men constantly miscalculate what they can do in a day, and grossly underestimate what can be achieved in a year.

The Extremely Successful Salesman's Club

I realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We can't express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour. Emotional stability and expression comes from women.

Bob Hoskins

The women I know are smart, interesting people who aren't just there to service the men's stories, so I don't know why our art continues to do that.

Carrie Coon

It is amazing what a woman can do if only she ignores what men tell her she can't.

India Black

There will be no redemption because the men who run this place do not want redemption. They want to be as near to hell as they can.

The Intuitionist

Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves.

Institutes of the Christian Religion

The worst type of man behaves as badly in his waking life as some men do in their dreams.

The Republic

The fundamental difference between the sexes is this: men make assumptions, but women rarely do.

Revival

Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.

Sand and Foam

Men do not long continue to think what they have forgotten how to say.

On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature

In my experience, men who understand women seem to rarely want to have anything to do with them.

And the Mountains Echoed

The more you manifest a servant’s heart in all you do, the more of an impact you’ll have on people’s lives.

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