#be a man

My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility, about beauty, and how to make gumbo. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#always #art #be a man #beauty #beings

When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. ↗

— Stanley Kubrick

#cannot #ceases #choose #man

You get crushes on people. You have to see them every day in that week. They're a fantastic person, and it could be a man or a woman. ↗

— Jennifer Saunders

#could #crushes #day #every #every day

Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man. I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

#be a man #being #being a girl #body #fights

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#be a man #god #like #man #would

I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#hope #i #man #peace #reign

I just didn't know who was going to be my partner. I knew that once I had grown to be a man that I was going to attract the person that I deserved to be with, or deserved to be with me. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#be a man #deserved #going #grown #had

A man should be rugged like Steve McQueen; the way he stands, like he's ready for something. Or he should be a man of the world like Dean Martin. ↗

— Maureen McCormick

#dean #dean martin #like #man #martin

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. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#could #feel #husband #i #inferior

It's upsetting to be a man in our society. ↗

— David Mamet

#man #our #society #upsetting