Quotes about Men

Constance 'Connie' Milligan: 42 is a very safe, sane age. When a man has reached 42 he knows something. Like Mr. Pendergast. He's an important man.

- Jean Arthur (as Connie Milligan) in The More the Merrier (1943)

Ticket Booth Attendant: Sorry Miss, it's the rules of The Paradise -- no girls are allowed in without escorts.
Connie Martin: Oh, I see. Women aren't even admitted to paradise without a man.

- Harriet Hilliard (as Connie Martin) in Follow the Fleet (1936)

Jane Norton: If a woman can't hold her man, then it's her own fault. But I'm going to hold mine.

- Linda Darnell (as Jane) in Day-Time Wife (1939)

Ellie Andrews: You think I'm a fool and a spoiled brat. Well, perhaps I am, although I don't see how I can be. People who are spoiled are accustomed to having their own way. I never have. On the contrary. I've always been told what to do, and how to do it, and when, and with whom. Would you believe it? This is the first time I've ever been alone with a man!
Peter Warne: Yeah?
Ellie Andrews: It's a wonder I'm not panic-stricken.
Peter Warne: You're doing alright.

- Clark Gable (as Peter Warne) in It Happened One Night (1934)

Bake Baker: Sherry tells me you're leaving. Well, that's probably the wisest thing to do. Run away! All this stuff about fighting for your man and all that makes things so complicated. Now, if all girls would just give up and run back to Bellport, then we'd definitely see the end of family life, little Junior would remain just an idea, and every man would burn his own toast. I thank you!

- Fred Astaire (as Bake Baker) in Follow the Fleet (1936)

Helen: You're a good-looking boy: you've big, broad shoulders. But he's a man. And it takes more than big, broad shoulders to make a man.

- Katy Jurado (as Helen Ramírez) in High Noon (1952)

Madge Hardwick: My dear, when you're as old as I am, you take your men as you find them --- if you can find them!

- Helen Broderick (as Madge Hardwick) in Top Hat (1935)

Dale Tremont: I hate men! I hate you! I hate all men!

- Ginger Rogers (as Dale Tremont) in Top Hat (1935)

Amanda Cooper: [under hypnosis] Dr. Flagg is a horrible monster! Men like him should be shot down like dogs! Shot down like dogs! Shot down like dogs!

- Ginger Rogers (as Amanda Cooper) in Carefree (1938)

Margo Channing: Bill's thirty-two. He looks thirty-two. He looked it five years ago, he'll look it twenty years from now. I hate men.

- Bette Davis (as Margo) in All About Eve (1950)