Candace Bushnell quote: “Sometimes I think all the trouble in the world is caused by men. If there were no men, women would always be happy. ~Ca…”

“It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world.”

Ian Fleming book Goldfinger

Source: Goldfinger

“Unlike women, who always think of themselves as unimportant, men always think of themselves as the center of the universe. Every single sentence from men carries utmost importance, and points out the right direction in which the world should advance.”

Yang Li (1992) Chinese stand-up comedian

Source: "“Average-yet-confident”: A comedian coined a Chinese equivalent to “mansplaining”" in Quartz https://qz.com/1956642/female-comedian-yang-li-coins-chinas-version-of-mansplaining/ (23 January 2021)

“I think there will always be challenges for women and men. There are always going to be male chauvenists but it's just a matter of women continuing to stand up for their rights and prove their worth. The world would end if women didn't start families, carry children, but that is no reason for them not to work, have careers, exist as a person rather than just a mother.”

Anastacia (1968) American singer-songwriter

Anastacia is my kind of girl! https://eu.marliesdekkers.com/en-it/maison-marlies/anastacia-is-my-kind-of-girl.html, MarlieDekkers.com, 2014.
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“All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.”

Nicholas Murray Butler (1862–1947) American philosopher, diplomat, and educator

Attributed to Butler in: American Dental Association (1959) The Journal of the American Dental Association. Vol 59. p. 289

“All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.”

Tom Watson (1874–1956) American businessman

Actually a remark by Nicholas Murray Butler.
Quoted by Watson in comments about "Think" and attributed to Nicholas Murray Butler - IBM Archives: Comments on "THINK" - Transcript https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/multimedia/think_trans.html
Misattributed
Source: American Dental Association (1959) The Journal of the American Dental Association. Vol 59. p. 289.

“The trouble in the world is nearly all due to the fact that one-half of the people are men, and the other half women.”

E. W. Howe (1853–1937) Novelist, magazine and newspaper editor

Country Town Sayings (1911), p193.

“Frequency of sex – Women sometimes wanted; men always needed.”

Nicholas Sparks book At First Sight

Source: At First Sight

“I don't know how to lie. But I don't know what truth is, either. I always try to speak the way I think will cause least trouble to God and men.”

Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) Icelandic author

Ólafur talking to Vegmey
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940), Book Two: The Palace of the Summerland

“Don’t you think that the irresponsible behavior of men is caused by women?”

Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) 264th Pope of the Catholic Church, saint

Other Quotes by Pope John Paul II, Attributed
Source: John Paul II, as quoted by Nafis Sadik as quoted in Steve Bradshaw, "SEX and the HOLY CITY" http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/programmes/panorama/transcripts/sexandtheholycity.txt, “Panorama”, BBC News. (12-10-03).

“This is the trouble with all happiness -all of it is built on top of something men want.”

Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters

Source: The Sea of Monsters

“Sometimes I think all the trouble in the world is caused by men. If there were no men, women would always be happy. ~Carrie”

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