Subject: People » Men (Page 18)

Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement, and now it is a problem to be overcome.

(1942 – ) humorist & radio broadcaster

Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex.

(1901 – 2000) English author

The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he's a baby.

(1938 – 1981) American actress

Most men do not mature, they simply grow taller.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist

As soon as they get married, they all get these big old guts on them; that's not from drinking beer – that's from swallowing pride.

stand-up comedian

Men always want to be a woman's first love; women like to be a man's last romance.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

I once dated a famous Aussie rugby player who treated me just like a football; made a pass, played footsie, then dropped me as soon as he’d scored.

(1958 – ) Australian author

A man will fantasize that he’s having sex with someone else; a woman will fantasize she’s having sex with anyone else.

(1957 – ) British stand-up comedian

What men desire is a virgin who is a whore.

(1900 – 1977) American novelist, essayist & autobiographer

You male corpses are all alike; never a thought for the woman who spent her life getting you into that grave.

(1954 – ) American actress & singer-songwriter

Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Sidesaddle: How men, rather than women, would ride in a truly logical world.

When men reach their sixties and retire they go to pieces; women just go on cooking.


Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in.

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature; and another woman to help him forget them.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

A good place to meet a man is at the dry cleaner; these men usually have jobs and bathe.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

No matter how love-sick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along.

(1928 – ) American psychologist & advice columnist

What pleases men most is old wine and young women.

(c. 484 BC – c. 425 BC) Greek historian

Not one man in a beer commercial has a beer belly.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

I like men… as a concept.

(1957 – ) British stand-up comedian

Personally, I think that if a woman hasn’t met the right man by the time she’s twenty-four, she may be lucky.

(1921 – 2007) Scottish-born actress