Bachelors Quotes

• A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.

  Sholom Aleichem

  Morning, Work, Men

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• Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.

  Helen Rowland

  Funny, Trust, Husband

  Irvin S. Cobb, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Helen Rowland, Richard Saunders (2017). “We Should All Be So Feminine: We Should All Be a Feminist: We Should All Be Feminists”, p.95, Lulu.com

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• The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.

  Finley Peter Dunne

  Funny, Marriage, Husband

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• By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

  Oscar Wilde

  Anniversary, Single, Funny Valentines Day

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.32, Courier Corporation

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• Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.

  Stephen Hawking

  Men, Things In Life, Should

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• I haven't seen this many men dressed in women's clothing since my bachelor party

  Bruce Willis

  Party, Men, Clothings

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• Give women the vote, and in five years there will be a crushing tax on bachelors.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Funny, Crush, Humor

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.1040, e-artnow

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• Tabasco sauce is to bachelor cooking what forgiveness is to sin.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Cooking, Sauce, Sin

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “The Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig”, p.57, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.

  H. L. Mencken

  Funny, Anniversary, Marriage

  H.L. Mencken “A little book in C major”, Рипол Классик

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• I'll be honest. We copied everyone... the Beatles, the Bachelors. It was the only way people would even listen to you.

  Maurice Gibb

  Heart, People, Way

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Reed College required a thesis for a Bachelor's degree. Normally a Bachelor's is sort of like being stamped 'Prime US Beef.' They just walk you through, hand out the diplomas and you fill in your name later on.

  David Eddings

  College, Hands, Names

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• I am ashamed to admit I watch a lot of reality shows like The Osbournes and The Bachelor.

  Sara Gilbert

  Reality, Watches, Ashamed

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• Shall I never see a bachelor of three score again?

  William Shakespeare

  Three, Score, Benedick

  'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 1, sc. 1, l. [209]

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• I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz.

  Jon Secada

  Jazz, Masters

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• Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man.

  Helen Rowland

  Love, Art, Lying

  Irvin S. Cobb, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Helen Rowland, Richard Saunders (2017). “We Should All Be So Feminine: We Should All Be a Feminist: We Should All Be Feminists”, p.66, Lulu.com

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• It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin.

  H. L. Mencken

  God, Believe, Son

  H. L. Mencken (2012). “In Defense of Women”, p.47, Courier Corporation

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• I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948.

  Daniel J. Evans

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

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• Actually, I majored in marketing and I have a bachelor of science.

  Wanda Sykes

  Marketing

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  Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

  Mae West

  Love, Funny, Marriage

  I'm No Angel (motion picture) (1933). Nigel Rees, in his Quote ... Unquote Newsletter, has found this joke appearing earlier in the cartoon "Pop" in 1921: "woman: 'You say what you like, Pop! Marriage is a jolly good institution!' POP: 'Yes! But who wants to live in an institution?"

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• They that have grown old in a single state are generally found to be morose, fretful and captious; tenacious of their own practices and maxims; soon offended by contradiction or negligence; and impatient of any association but with those that will watch their nod, and submit themselves to unlimited authority.

  Samuel Johnson

  Practice, Watches, Association

  Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”, p.194

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• Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore; full well they merit all they feel, and more: unaw by precepts, human or divine, like birds and beasts, promiscuously they join.

  Alexander Pope

  Bird, Merit, Woe

  Alexander Pope (1819). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Three Volumes Complete : with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Together with All His Notes, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death : Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton”, p.252

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• My first speaking part was to read for John Forsythe for Bachelor Father. I was the lead, opposite him.

  Linda Evans

  Father, Talking, Opposites

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• We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.

  Henny Youngman

  Funny, Life, Marriage

  "The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America". Book by Lawrence J. Epstein, 2001.

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• A bachelor has to have an inspiration for making love to a woman--a married man needs only an excuse.

  Helen Rowland

  Inspiration, Men, Making Love

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• I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out.

  George Eliot

  Husband, Women, Home

  The Mill on the Floss bk. 6, ch. 6 (1860)

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