Quotes about men
men white-man people
I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people. Chief Joseph
men government treated
I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.
men race white-man
I know that my race must change. We cannot hold our own with the white men as we are. We only ask an even chance to live as other men live. We ask to be recognized as men. We ask that the same law shall work alike on all men. If an Indian breaks the law, punish him by the law. If a white man breaks the law, punish him also.
men two looks
Look twice at a two-faced man.
men people ears
I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.
men vaccines white
We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.
men white authority
I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They cannot tell me.
men white-man land
For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water.
men brave coward
An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
men white people
Our people could not talk with these white-faced men, but they used signs which all people understand.
men law giving
Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
men justice church
We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that.
men position-of-power population
About 52% of the world's population is female. But most of the positions of power and prestige are occupied by men. The late Kenyan Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai put it simply and well when she said 'The higher you go, the fewer women there are.' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
men people feminist
Culture does not make people - people make culture. So if it is in fact true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, we must make it our culture. [...] A feminist is a man or a woman who says, 'yes there is a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it. We must do better.'
men said yellow-sun
You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?' Aunty Ifeka said. 'Your life belongs to you and you alone.
men age our-society
Our society teaches a woman at a certain age who is unmarried to see it as a deep personal failure. While a man at a certain age who is unmarried has not quite come around to making his pick.
men advice juniors
Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men. Chester W. Nimitz
men good-man helping
Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.
men thinking yang
Mao is a sometime Yin sometime Yang strange man, he has a soft-as-cotton outer layer, but at the same time has sharp needles hiding inside... I do not think he could achieve anything, at the end he will be crushed inside my palm. Chiang Kai-shek
men years people
I had spent many years before I was 31 hearing people tell me, Oh Man, you're so funny, you need to be in television. But that and a quarter won't get you on a bus Chi McBride
men tolerance democracy
Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal. Chester Himes
men inevitability-of-death purpose
Man cannot live without some knowledge of the purpose of life. If he can find no purpose in life he creates one in the inevitability of death.
men political president
Since I came here I have learned that Chester A. Arthur is one man and the President of the United States is another. Chester A. Arthur
men numbers dating
When going on a date with someone they met online, the number-one fear that straight women have is going on a date with a serial killer. The number-one fear straight men have is going on a date with a fat woman. That says everything. Cheryl Strayed
men battle stories
Men's stories are seen as universal, women's as particular. What women are up against is the battle to not be marginalized.
men brave
Men are never brave, are they? Cherie Blair
men vices timing
Sadly, the timing's never been right. There have been men who would have married me but I didn't feel the same, and vice versa. Cherie Lunghi
men people might
People ask me how I manage without a man in the same tone they might ask someone how they're doing with just one lung, but it's not like that at all.
men needs felt
I've never felt the need to be defined by a man.
men thinking tasks
Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess of it. We're chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think it's a difficult task, but it's not. Cher
men order ends
It’s not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It’s not the end-all, be-all of my life.
men good-kisser ifs
If a man's a good kisser, he's a great f-.
men supportive more-time
Younger men are more supportive and a lot less demanding, and they also have more time for their relationships.