Abigail Adams on men

Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal! How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!

I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

Robert A. Heinlein1907–1988Glory Road (1963)

• Animals
• Women

Men always want to be a woman’s first love; women have a more subtle instinct: what they like is to be a man’s last romance.

Oscar Wilde1854–1900

• Women

Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch.

Ian Fleming1908–1964

• Sex
• Women