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Men Quotes

Serious duty and dry humor, side by side.

Quotes about "men" here range from serious to sharply funny — one set addresses military service and daily accountability, while another pushes back on the idea that women should shape themselves around what men expect. For related themes, see Great quotes.

After he was assassinated, his family and the men who had served him continued the lying and began the destruction, censoring and hiding of JFK's medical records.

Quotes by Richard Reeves

Men and women are most alike at their most mature and soulful levels. Men and women are most different only at their most immature and merely physical levels.

Quotes by Richard Rohr

I cannot illustrate huge differences between male and female spiritualities except in their starting points, style and fascinations along the way. This is significant, however, and has huge pastoral implications: men must be challenged in the world of doing; women...

Quotes by Richard Rohr

Only white men have the luxury of ignoring race.

Quotes by Richard Powers

There is no easy way to ask serious-minded men and women who hold high office, and who have matters of state on their mind, 'Do you mind if I take a quick selfie?'

Quotes by Richard Quest

They really do a disservice because these men and women came out of the Depression, they came out of the war.

Quotes by Richard M. Daley

I just really have an affinity for women. Watching them go through journeys is more interesting to me than watching men.

Quotes by Richard LaGravenese

We think that groups of between 30 and 40 early men would have settled in an area measuring a hundred square kilometers.

Quotes by Richard Leakey

Strong, smart, self-reliant women who don't need men to define them only crop up in the human myth-base in one guise - the Wicked Witch.

Quotes by Richard K. Morgan

No tyrant, however evil, has yet lacked ready hands to execute his most abominable will. To read how eagerly men have rushed to serve the despot is the bitterest, the saddest matter of history; it is the saddest sight in...

Quotes by Richard Jefferies

My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy.

Quotes by Richard Gere

I can remember going back a couple of years later and, you know, think about it and I was doing a, kind of a political survey, door to door, and everything and I couldn't find any men in the town....

Quotes by Richard Grimes

Kidnapping is always a threat in this life of reporting on men hurting one another because of religion and politics.

Quotes by Richard Engel

Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

Quotes by Richard E. Byrd

I've been on the 'Logan' movie set, which is a 300-strong crew of basically men. They had arms thicker than my thighs stuck together.

Quotes by Richard E. Grant

Great women, in partnership with great men, will continue to take us forward.

Quotes by Richard Edelman

For years, leaders in Columbus have launched an ideological attack on the working men and women of Ohio and their ability to collectively bargain for good wages and safe workplace conditions. That's wrong, and it has to stop.

Quotes by Richard Cordray

As a young surgeon in training at the University of California San Francisco General Hospital in the early '80s, my colleagues and I were inundated with an epidemic of young men with fevers, rashes, swollen lymph nodes and eventually death.

Quotes by Richard Carmona

Most men, I think, wonder about their courage. How would they act in combat? Under torture?

Quotes by Richard Cohen

Lots of men have failed as presidents, as Trump surely will, but few fail so dismally as role models. He's a boy's idea of a man. He's a man's idea of a boy.

Quotes by Richard Cohen

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes about "Men" will I find on this page?
A mix of tones - a serious quote about military service and accountability, a thoughtful line about encouraging women to be themselves rather than conform to men's expectations, and a couple of lighter, humorous quotes about men and buses, and a cheeky Christmas quip.
Is there a serious quote about military service here?
Yes, one quote describes men and women fighting in Iraq as "held accountable for their performance and their conduct," serving on duty and off, twenty-four hours a day, in defense of the country's safety and rights. For more on themes of duty and character, see the Great page.
Is there a funny or lighthearted quote about men in this collection?
Definitely. One quote jokes: "Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear." Another wishes "goodwill to men" at Christmas, with the punchline being they should also help with the washing up.
Is there a quote about gender expectations?
Yes, one quote talks about encouraging women to be themselves "rather than what men want them to be," and rejects patronizing either sex. Browse the Life page for more reflections on identity and relationships.
Why does this page mix serious and humorous quotes?
Because that's simply the range of quotes people have written using the word "men" - from weighty statements about accountability and service to playful jabs about dating and holiday chores. For more of both tones, check out the Good and Like pages.

The lighter entries take a comic, exasperated tone about men in everyday life, including holiday chores and the long wait for a good one to come along. Continue with Good quotes or Like quotes for more comparisons.