Hoover never wanted his men to overshadow him. The

We're wanted men, we'll strike again, but first let's have a beer.

— Jimmy Buffett

What is wanted is men of principle, who recognize a higher law than the decision of the majority. The marines and the militia whose…

— Henry David Thoreau

Women had a tendency to see what they wanted to see i men, at least in the beginning

— Anonymous

I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know, Sparrow's boyfriend. I love that. Even though I used…

— Alison Bechdel

“Friendship and sex were really all she wanted from men these days.”

— Jack Ketchum

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

— Nicholas Sparks

“Hoover’s attention to the case had waxed and waned over the years, but he had become so agitated about the growing criticism he was…

— David Grann

There was one moment when J. Edgar Hoover and us had the same distorted lens about who we were - "a real threat," you…

— Bill Ayers

[ J. Edgar]Hoover, I'm sure, felt that he was right in everything he did and even the things that we don't like about his…

— Clint Eastwood

Hoover also loved new media the way Millennials do now. He was the first person to ever appear on television. As commerce secretary, he…

— Margaret Hoover

I recommend my students not to be professional unless they really have to be. I tell them, 'If you love music, sell Hoovers or…

— Robert Fripp

The only President who clearly died of overwork was Polk, and that was a long time ago. Hoover, who worked intensely and humorlessly as…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

While we women dilly-dally, making decisions, leaving jobs half done, forgetting where we've put the house keys while we water the Hoover and leave…

— Mariella Frostrup

You know, back in the 1950s and '60s, when J. Edgar Hoover was making the FBI the respected organization it used to be, oftentimes…

— Howie Carr

I met Mr. Hoover socially. I never talked to him about anything connected with his work. We just met him.

— John Sherman Cooper