Every Quote by Norah Vincent Download Open image “Manhood is a leaden mythology riding on the shoulders of every man.” — Norah Vincent ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Every Every man Man Mythology Riding Shoulders
I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply: men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
“My central belief, though, is that men are made to protect the territory assigned to them and to assure that everything within that territory… — Stephen Mansfield Copy Share Image
“A man is created for challenges. He is equipped to overcome, to run the gauntlet, to stand finn as a ti,ell-anchored corner post. Men… — Rick Johnson Copy Share Image
Manhood is defined and decided by the ability to nurture and to protect, by the capability to provide and to sustain. — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement, and now it is a problem to be overcome. — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“Authentic manhood, or walking the path of godly intent, is living for a cause bigger than yourself. It means a life spent in servant… — Rick Johnson Copy Share Image
In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow, he helps… — Paula Gunn Allen Copy Share Image
I think the myths are keeping us limited to, and tied to, what I would call the hyper-masculine tradition. All the major religions in… — Arjuna Ardagh Copy Share Image
“the true definition of manhood is doing what needs to be done when it needs to be done. It doesn’t matter if it’s fixing… — Tammy Falkner Copy Share Image
There is a great deal more correctness of thought respecting manhood in bodily things than in moral things. For men's ideas of manhood shape… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Manspread, mansplaining, manterrupting - all of it, whether conscious or not, diminishes women's voices, minds, and bodies. — Faith Salie Copy Share Image
We can keep whatever we like about manhood but adjust the parts of the definition that are keeping men back. — Hanna Rosin Copy Share Image
Smokers, like so many of us, are mavericks when they're healthy but parasites when they're not. They trash their bodies and then expect the… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
Isn't it curious how quickly a conservative becomes a libertarian when he's caught sinning? There's a lesson in that somewhere, if only the Christian… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
The feminist establishment has made choice a woman's issue. The Christian right has made life a religious issue. Both have made loyalty crucial. If… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
The twin causes Bin Laden invokes are Islam and Arab self-determination, and armies rise to serve him. No need to convert or dogmatize. Believers… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
Private academic institutions admit the children of alumni because substantial parts of their operating budgets come from the financial contributions of alumni. — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
My gender has roots in my brain, possibly biochemical ones, living very close to the roots of my self-image... Far, far closer than my… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
Race is not the stumbling block to progress it once was, in large part because the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
Practically as soon as the towers hit the ground on Sept. 11, pundits of the left like Noam Chomsky and Susan Sontag took advantage… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
Americans love a morality tale, especially one that's been taken from real life. We like facile categories of good and bad, and we like… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
People who dislike Oprah's Book Club dislike it for the same reason that they dislike Barnes & Noble. The fact that the two do… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
The candidates who get themselves elected are illusionists and prevaricators of the first order. We expect this of them. They're a reflection of us,… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We were so poor as kids. I didn't even see a bathtub, running water, hot water, commode - we didn't have any of that.… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
If you look at the charts every year, there may be five or ten memorable songs from each year. — Randy Jackson Copy Share Image
Like many other scientists who hold the Catholic faith, I see the Creator's plan and purpose fulfilled in our universe. I see a planet… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
I write the way you might arrange flowers. Not every try works, but each one launches another. Every constraint, even dullness, frees up a… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
Every time the U.S. government makes a low-cost loan to someone, it's investing in them. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary for people of every background.… — Dana Goodyear Copy Share Image
We are surrounded every day by people who do thankless but important work. — Brian Kilmeade Copy Share Image
