Sensitive Man Quotes

• Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong... It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum not as two opposing sets of ideals.

  Emma Watson

  Strong, Men, Two

  "Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too". UN Speech on the HeForShe campaign, New York, www.unwomen.org. September 20, 2014.

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• Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Women, Way, Men

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• I do not believe that one can become rich without being a shark; a sensitive man will never amass wealth.

  Petrus Borel

  Believe, Men, Sharks

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• Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes.

  Marquis de Sade

  Character, Men, Alcohol

  Sade (marquis de) (1965). “Selected letters”

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• I think women's ears are a lot more sensitive. Men are going to follow whatever appeals to women.

  Frankie Knuckles

  Men, Thinking, Ears

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• This guy says, "I'm perfect for you, 'cause I'm a cross between a macho man and a sensitive man." I said, "Oh, a gay trucker?"

  Judy Tenuta

  Memorable, Gay, Men

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• Girls say they like a sensitive man, but then they complain about my premature ejaculation.

  Tom Sims

  Girl, Sex, Men

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• You know, Quincy Jones was a great mentor, but he was a man in a man's world. Fortunately he's a very sensitive man and a beautiful human being, and even though he was 14 or 15 years older than me, he's a capable human being and has great communication skills.

  Lesley Gore

  Beautiful, Communication, Men

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• To many people Michael Jackson seems an elusive personality, but to those who work with him, he is not. This talented artist is a sensitive man, warm, funny, and full of insight. Michael's book 'Moonwalk', provides a startling glimpse of the artist at work and the artist in reflection.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Book, Men, Artist

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• What can one say about Michael Jackson? He is one of the world's most acclaimed entertainers, an innovative and exciting songwriter whose dancing seems to defy gravity and has been heralded by the likes of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.
  His public is perhaps unaware of the extent of his dedication to his craft. Restless, seldom satisfied, he is a perfectionist who is constantly challenging himself. To many people Michael Jackson seems an elusive personality, but to those who work with him, he is not. This talented artist is a sensitive man, warm, funny, and full of insight.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Men, Dedication, Artist

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• Just as the pious man prays without speaking a word and the Almighty hearkens unto him, so the artist with true feelings paints and the sensitive man understands and recognizes it.

  Caspar David Friedrich

  Artist, Men, Feelings

  Quoted in S Hinz Caspar David Friedrich in Briefen und Bekenntnissen (1968).

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• I have a good friend, Rudolf Serkin, the pianist, a very sensitive man. I was talking to him one day backstage after a concert and I told him that I thought he had played particularly sensitively that day. I said, "You know, many pianists are brilliant, they strike the keys so well, but somehow you are different." "Ah," he said, "I don't think you should ever strike a key. You should pull the keys with your fingers."

  Andrew Wyeth

  Art, Good Friend, Men

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• I am a black man dedicated to expression; expression of the joy and pride of blackness. I consider myself neither poet, composer, or musician. These are merely tools used by sensitive men to carve out a piece of beauty or truth that they hope may lead to peace and salvation.

  Gil Scott-Heron

  Pride, Men, Expression

  Gil Scott-Heron (1990). “So Far, So Good”

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• That's just the point: an honest and sensitive man opens his heart, and the man of business goes on eating - and then he eats you up.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Heart, Men, Goes On

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “Crime and Punishment”, p.125, Vintage

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• My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.

  Jo Brand

  Dad, Teenager, Men

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