Michael Ian Black Quotes

Men are very emotionally dependent upon women from the day they are born to the day they expire.

Growing up in the 1950s, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, boys were supposed to be athletic.

Father's Day is hopefully a time when the culture says, 'This is our moment to look at who our men and boys are.'

If my own current husband was suddenly a stay-at-home dad, it would be emasculating. That would be hard for me.

In the United States adherence to the values of the masculine mystique makes intimate, self-revealing, deep friendships between men unusual.

I think that feminists have definitely underestimated the role that women have had historically. I think I would be insecure if I were to be a man; there's so much pressure on you.

It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity.

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.

There is a major part of who I am that does not feel like the alpha male.

Every time I watch a Clint Eastwood film, I'm in touch with my feminine side, I've developed a searing man-crush on Clint Eastwood.

The crazy thing is a lot of people - a lot of men, if I'm just speaking for myself - don't really start thinking about the effect of hyper-masculinity and false definitions of what it means to be a man until you get married or until you have kids. Because then, all of sudden, you have something to protect.

I'm not a bro.

I went to an all-boys school, where I played rugby, so ballet wasn't the coolest thing to do.

If you're not the guy who is going to puff your chest out like a rooster and go fight somebody, our society discards you.

I grew up around guys and got along with them better.

No, real men don't watch 'Deuce Bigelow.'

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

It's never occurred to me - and I don't know what right mixture of upbringing this was - that my opinion wasn't as important as the alpha males or that I shouldn't try or that I wasn't the funniest one in the room.

I've always thought feminism had a lot to say about both genders, as it is hard to talk about one without the other. I think men and women alike would benefit from men having a more fluid idea of what being a man is.

I have no memory of feeling strong and rugged at any point. I've been considering masculinity my whole life.

I woke up one morning and realised that one of the problems with being a middle-aged man - of being a man in general - is the tyranny of fashion.

I don't understand why brothers can't understand the fact, or even just accept the fact, you can still be a man without having to commit crimes.

Yes, it's still a man's world, unfortunately, and we have a long way to go in this country and all countries - but there's something to be said for just feeling the spirit of a true man, and I think that's what 'Classic Man' speaks to.

I'm a man's man.

I'm really good at being sarcastic with guys. That's the best way to hang out with them, because that's what guys . They don't want the quiet, prissy little things.