“Men think for themselves when they’re men.”

—  Tanith Lee , book The Storm Lord

Book 6, “Sunrise” Chapter 25 (p. 343)
The Storm Lord (1976)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update May 22, 2020. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Men think for themselves when they’re men." by Tanith Lee?
Tanith Lee photo
Tanith Lee 124
British writer 1947–2015

Related quotes

Edward Young photo

“All men think all men mortal but themselves.”

Source: Night-Thoughts (1742–1745), Night I, Line 424.

“Soldiers, Your Highness. Men trained not to think for themselves.”

Sean Russell (1952) author

Source: Sea Without a Shore (1996), Chapter 34 (p. 488)

Warren Farrell photo

“Men are the Rosie-the-Riveters of parenting: They’re brought in only when needed, and considered disposable thereafter.”

Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate

Source: Father and Child Reunion (2001), p. 115.

Aron Ra photo
Herbert Spencer photo

“When men hire themselves out to shoot other men to order, asking nothing about the justice of their cause, I don’t care if they are shot themselves.”

Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist

"Patriotism", p. 126 http://books.google.com/books?id=zBQRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA126
Facts and Comments (1902)

Menotti Lerro photo

“When men feel happy, they think of men who love; when they feel sad they think and pray to God.”

Menotti Lerro (1980) Italian poet

Gli uomini quando si sentono felici pensano agli uomini che amano, quando si sentono tristi pensano e pregano Dio.

Christopher Paolini photo
John Kenneth Galbraith photo

“Men have been swindled by other men on many occasions. The autumn of 1929 was, perhaps, the first occasion when men succeeded on a large scale in swindling themselves.”

Source: The Great Crash, 1929 (1954 and 1997 https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25728842M/The_Great_Crash_1929), Chapter VII, Things Become More Serious, Section VIII, p. 130

“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)

Evo Morales photo

“The chicken that we eat is chock-full of feminine hormones. So, when men eat these chickens, they deviate from themselves as men.”

Evo Morales (1959) Bolivian politician

Speech at the inauguration of conference on climate change held near Cochabamba, Bolivia. April 20, 2010. http://www.eurasiareview.com/2010/04/bolivias-president-links-homosexuality.html

Related topics