#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

If I stay in here until I am 100 years olds, I will still be a man. ↗

— Suge Knight

#am #be a man #here #i #i am

I don't understand why James Bond has to be a man all the time. When Pierce Brosnan retires, why not one of us? ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#bond #i #james #james bond #man

I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. ↗

— Davy Crockett

#beaten #dog #elected #i #little

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 is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be a woman manly, or a man womanly. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#fatal #man #manly #must #pure

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit. ↗

— Horace

#born #consequence #long #man #merit

I'd rather be a kid and play with paper planes, than be a man and play with a woman's heart. ↗

— Niall Horan

#heart #i #kid #man #paper

Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex character isn't the woman. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#character #complex #complex character #i #interesting

When I would be myself, I was being big-headed. I was being egotistical. I was a megalomaniac, when it really was just having not to be a monkey for a few hours a day. And fulfilling the need to be a man. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#being #day #egotistical #few #fulfilling