Male Ego Quotes

• A guy is a lump like a doughnut. So, first you gotta get rid of all the stuff his mom did to him. And then you gotta get rid of all that macho crap that they pick up from beer commercials. And then there's my personal favorite, the male ego.

  Roseanne Barr

  Mom, Mother, Beer

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• We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.

  Betty Dodson

  Girlfriend, Men, Dating

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• The male ego with few exceptions is elephantine to start with.

  Bette Davis

  Ego, Males, Exception

  Bette Davis (1962). “The lonely life: an autobiography”, Putnam's

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• That’s when she’d learned that male egos and fruit had a lot in common: Both bruised easily.

  Jana Oliver

  Ego, Males, Fruit

  Jana Oliver (2013). “Demon Trappers 1-3: Forsaken, Forbidden, Forgiven”, p.149, Pan Macmillan

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• A woman who doesn't care what men think of her - ah, this is dangerous. This is the worst conceivable insult to the male ego.

  Martha Shelley

  Men, Thinking, Ego

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• Male egos require constant stroking. Every task is an achievement, every success epic. That is why women cook, but men are chefs: we make cheese on toast, they produce pain de fromage.

  Belle de Jour

  Pain, Epic, Men

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• All my battles were with male egos. I’m just looking for equality, not to dominate. But I want to be able to control my vision.

  Joni Mitchell

  Ego, Vision, Battle

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• There are much better ways to handle the delicate male ego. With a two-by-four? Only as a last resort and never in public.

  Lora Leigh

  Two, Ego, Males

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• The great corrupter of public men is the ego - corrupter because distracter. Wealth, sensuality, power cannot hold a candle to it. Looking in the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

  Dean Acheson

  Men, Mirrors, Ego Problem

  "History as Literature".

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• Pakistani feature films are all about catering to the male ego and male fantasy.

  Afia Nathaniel

  Ego, Males, Fantasy

  "TIFF Women Directors: Meet Afia Nathaniel – ‘Dukhtar’". Interview with Laura Berger, www.indiewire.com. September 4, 2014.

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• It's the sick and twisted male fantasy that we want classy ladies out in the world that make us look good, but in the bedroom, men want subservient women who please all of their whims. It's the typical bullshit of male ego.

  Dan Mangan

  Men, Sick, Bullshit

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• But marriage goes in waves. You've got to be patient. People bail and give up on their marriages way too early. They just don't put the work and the effort into it. You've got to suck up your ego a lot of times, because that can be a big downfall.

  Anna Benson

  Giving Up, People, Effort

  "How 'Baseball Wives' star Anna Benson keeps 12-year marriage interesting". www.foxnews.com. January 17, 2012.

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• There are a lot of male egos out there that cannot deal with highly successful women. And it's their problem.

  Sheila Johnson

  Successful, Ego, Males

  Source: www.seventeen.com

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• I love being under submission to my husband ... I believe in keeping the male ego intact.

  Tammy Faye Bakker

  Husband, Believe, Love Is

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• Your language, dear," Victoria reproved gently. "A lady never curses in public. There are much better ways to handle the delicate male ego." Keiley paused. "With a two-by-four?" she asked. Victoria's lips pursed a smile tugged at her lips. "Only as a last resort," she murmured humorously. "And never in public.

  Lora Leigh

  Two, Ego, Lips

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• With the black male as a teenager, where you're coming from the ghettos and that kind of stuff, you've got to assert yourself, be macho, not let anybody walk over you, so that's where all this unnecessary bullshit comes from - from egos. That's why there are a lot of fights. That's how come the whole thing with rap has been violent. It's because of the male ego.

  Q-Tip

  Teenager, Rap, Ghetto

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• So welcome 'Damsels in Distress,' an exhilarating gift of a comedy about college, the female intellect, the limitless male ego, inventing a new dance, and suicide prevention... This is the world as Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.

  Peter Travers

  Suicide, College, Two

  "Damsels in Distress" by Peter Travers, www.rollingstone.com. April 5, 2012.

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• Human populations that do not have contact with the psychedelic tremendum are neurotic because they are male ego dominated.

  Terence McKenna

  Ego, Males, Population

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• What I was being told in my 20s in the close-quartered, male-ego-infused work space, was that I had to stop reacting with my emotions to sexual desire towards me. The change, in other words, had to be made in me.

  Cris Mazza

  Space, Ego, Desire

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• The guy behind the counter had been seriously adorable. Model-level cute. She had mentioned that, and Allan, her then boyfriend, hadn't taken it well. That's when she'd learned that male egos and fruit had a lot in common: Both bruised easily.

  Jana Oliver

  Cute, Taken, Adorable

  Jana Oliver (2013). “Demon Trappers 1-3: Forsaken, Forbidden, Forgiven”, p.149, Pan Macmillan

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• Simon: 'You know men. We have delicate egos.' Clary: 'I wouldn't describe Jace's ego as delicate.' Simon: 'No, Jace's is sort of the antiaircraft artillery tank of male egos.

  Cassandra Clare

  Men, Ego, Tanks

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