Drake Quotes

Tough guys have to be tough. But tough guys don't have to be guys.

In today's society, a lot of males think you have to be strong all the time, and you're not allowed to show weakness. That's just so false.

Young guys don't tend to want to portray people who have frailties or are less than macho.

We need to ditch the idea that there is any value in the strong and silent man being in any way attractive. Being silent isn't being strong, it's being a victim.

Hollywood is run by men who are big on vulnerability.

So much of Hollywood is this kind of overly machismo, nonsensical view of masculinity, which I just don't find honest. I think it's this idea of - you know, we're told, well, 'Be a man, be a man.' But what does that mean, exactly? Does that mean you can't carry yourself with any fear? That you can't acknowledge that you're scared?

No, I don't have a feminine side. I've never been in touch with it. And the day I get in touch with my feminine side is the day I retire.

It's a real bloke thing, not talking to people because it's not manly to get help.

You know, men are very tough and they don't want to ever say that they need a break or that they are in pain.

It's very important for feminism for us to tell our daughters that they should be strong. But to tell our sons that they can be vulnerable, to have these characters on screen that are not perfectly masculine cowboys that never fail, for our boys to change their psyche as well, that's equally important for feminism.

One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.

Poor little men, poor little cocks! As soon as they're old enough, they swell their plumage to be conquerors. If they only knew that it's enough to be just a little bit wounded and sad in order to obtain everything without fighting for it.

Boys,' she says, 'just aren't very good at being afraid.

I'm a Western-cultured man who subscribes to the ancient saw that men do not cry, I don't cry either. I'll go to a movie, for example, and not infrequently something triggers the urge to weep, but I don't allow myself.

Don't you know that boys don't cry?' Adam grinned. 'Shall I tell you something I've only recently discovered,' I replied, not attempting to hide the tears rolling down my face and not the least bit ashamed of them. 'Boys don't cry, but real men do.

I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.

I don't like crying. I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that men don't cry.

If you express yourself too much, you're considered weak.

I'm a giant softy, for sure, but I honestly think these days it's probably considered more masculine to be emotionally connected.

When you're a man you try and be macho.

I'm at the point, frankly, where I'd rather deal with a misogynist with a copy of Tucker Max's book in his backpack over someone in sensitive emo-boy clothing, because both are misogynists, only the one with the backpack is more honest about just how scared of women he is.

Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.

I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that men don't cry.

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.

Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.