30,129 Quotes About Men
- Author Elayne Boosler
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A man who was loved by 300 woman singled me out to live with him. Why? I was the only one without a cat.
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- Author Eleanor Robson Belmont
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A woman in agony of spirit might turn her head just so; a man in deep humiliation probably would wring his hands in such a way. From straws like these, drawn from completely different sources, the fabric of a character may be built.
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- Author Elizabeth Bishop
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The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat.
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- Author Elizabeth Bibesco
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It is sometimes the man who opens the door who is the last to enter the room.
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- Author Elizabeth Bishop
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Bishop on "At the Fishhouses"At the last minute, after I'd had a chance to do a little research in Cape Breton, I foundI'd said codfish scales once when it should have been herring scales. I hope theycorrected it all right.2Quite a few lines of "At the Fishhouses" came to me in a dream, and the scene- whichwas real enough, I'd recently been there-but the old man and the conversation, etc.,were all in a later dream
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- Author Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Very whitely still The lilies of our lives may reassure Their blossoms from their roots, accessible Alone to heavenly dews that drop not fewer; Growing straight out of man's reach, on the hill. God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.
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- Author Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Men get opinions as boys learn to spell by reiteration chiefly.
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- Author Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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How joyously the young sea-mew Lay dreaming on the waters blue, Whereon our little bark had thrown A little shade, the only one; But shadows ever man pursue.
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- Author Elizabeth Bowen
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Makes of men date, like makes of car.
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