Ed Harris Quotes

There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West.

Not only is it harder to be a man, it is also harder to become one.

I think part of being masculine is not needing to prove it and not needing to answer for it.

Growing up, we tend to challenge each other. We've got to be the toughest, the strongest, the bravest men that we can be. And for many of us, myself included, our identities are wrapped up in whether or not at the end of the day we feel like we're man enough.

It's good to see a man who isn't afraid to live out his masculinity.

I like guys who, no matter what, are men.

I guess I just do being a man different than some.

Why should men be constrained by antiquated stereotypes of masculinity? What does it even mean to 'Be a Real Man' anymore? Shouldn't we all be celebrating a wide range of definitions of manhood?

Advice!Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are." "That is probably why you make such a bad job of it.- Perrin and Egwene

Oh, child, men's men: gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness.

The great passion in a man's life may not be for women or men or wealth or toys or fame, or even for his children, but for his masculinity, and at any point in his life he may be tempted to throw over the things for which he regularly lays down his life for the sake of that masculinity. He may keep this passion secret from women, and he may even deny it to himself, but the other boys know it about themselves and the wiser ones know it about the rest of us as well.

I believe there's a huge distinction between un macho and a real man. I don't think you have to be one to be another.

Everybody told me to be a man. Nobody told me how.

I'm kind of like a guy who's missing a little bit of the guy gene. Like, I love steak, but the notion of golfing is the last thing I would want to do. I love women, but I'm also a mama's boy, and some of my best friends are women. So I'm kinda half guy's guy.

Being a male capable of grunting, sweating, and not asking for directions, but not yet having conqured a women...in our culture, that wasn't manhood, that was dorksville!

His masculinity was only too apparent

Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice.

How can I be a man if there is no role model?

I think a man is a man, and a man has a hairy chest, so let that be!

If you're a man, you don't have to worry about your manliness.

A guy should be a guy. You don't want him to be too... shiny.

I have no objection to a man being a man, however masculine that may be.

Humility is considered an un-masculine quality.

If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.

Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.