Quotes with men-intellectuals

Quotes 1901 till 1920 of 2161.

  • Chimamanda Adichie We raise girls to see each other as competitors—not for jobs or accomplishments, which in my opinion can be a good thing—but for the attention of men.
    We moeten allemaal feminist zijn (2014)
    Chimamanda Adichie
    Nigerian poet (1977 - )
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  • Fay Weldon We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.
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  • Camille Paglia We should teach general ethics to both men and women, but sexual relationships themselves must not be policed. Sex, like the city streets, would be risk-free only in totalitarian regimes.
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Charles De Montesquieu We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.
    Charles De Montesquieu
    French philosopher (1689 - 1755)
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  • Andy Wachowski We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get.
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  • Brigham Young We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity.
    Brigham Young
    American Mormon Leader (1801 - 1877)
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  • A. Philip Randolph We want the full works of citizenship with no reservations. We will accept nothing less... This condition of freedom, equality, and democracy is not the gift of gods. It is the task of men, yes, men, brave men, honest men, determined men.
    A. Philip Randolph
    American labor unionist and civil rights activist (1889 - 1979)
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  • Beth Littleford We were so hungry for 'Sex and the City' that even though it was heightened and written by gay men, we just needed to see different women on television. Give us another movie.
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  • Omar N. Bradley We've learned how to destroy, but not to create; how to waste, but not to build; how to kill men, but not how to save them; how to die, but seldom how to live.
    Omar N. Bradley
    American general (1893 - 1981)
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  • Louis Ferdinand Céline We've no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say a word to us about being intelligent. We will think for you, my friend. Don't forget it.
    Louis Ferdinand Céline
    French writer (1894 - 1961)
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  • Sean O'Casey Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life.
    Sean O'Casey
    Irish Dramatist (1880 - 1964)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Well, dearie, men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability. But you can't blame them for that, can you?
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • T. Dekker Were there no women, men might live like gods.
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  • Bruce Barton What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.
    Bruce Barton
    American Author, Advertising Executive (1886 - 1967)
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  • Oscar Wilde What a fuss people make about fidelity! Why, even in love it is purely a question for physiology. It has nothing to do with our own will. Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot: that is all one can say.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Joseph Conrad What all men are really after is some form, or perhaps only some formula, of peace.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • August Strindberg What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them.
    August Strindberg
    Swedish writer (1849 - 1912)
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  • Hermann Hesse 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.
    Hermann Hesse
    German-Swiss writer, poet and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1946) (1877 - 1962)
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  • Henry Miller What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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