Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just recompense for being deprived of idealism.
Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened, but of what men believe happened.
Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.
We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.
Women were real box office stars in the '40s, more so than men. People loved to see women's films. I think it was better then, except for the studio system.
I know that you like to see a man in the kitchen, but I'm skeptical of men who cook. A man should be focusing his attention on the woman, and not what's on the stove.
The holiday season can be an especially trying time for our service men, women, and families. Military service and deployment create empty seats at holiday tables, religious services, and celebrations.
Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.
My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.
Men may feel just disempowered by intimacy, by being close to a woman, and also by feeling the tender feelings that they're ashamed of.
The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn't exist in every culture.
The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.
How have I lived so long? I never worried. In the '20s, there were millions of men out of work. You couldn't get a job anywhere. I wasn't worried.
Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.
The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.
Women apparently are quite drawn to men who have differences rather than similarities in their histocompatibility system. They pick it up by smell, and they can pick it up from kissing.
Blushing is thought to be linked to increased levels of norepinephrine in the brain, which may be associated with romantic feelings. It signals that we are interested and excited, which is attractive to men.
In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.
I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior.
Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.