W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.

Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines.

Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman's attention.

I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.

Women tend to be preservers of the social structure, of marriage. They don't want to upset their husbands or their significant others. They don't want to hurt people.

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.

At every party there are two kinds of people - those who want to go home and those who don't. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.

Guys don't really don't wanna hear if it's really smart, and women feel uncomfortable if you reveal stuff they're going to have to remember they did themselves.

The difference between men and women seems to be this: I can argue with my promoter downstairs, accuse him of ripping me off, and 20 minutes later we'll be playing golf together. With a lady, the same argument can go on for, like, years.

One of the biggest misconceptions that a woman has is that a man has to accept her the way she is. No, we don't. I don't know who told you that. We like the bright and shiny. If you stop wearing the makeup, stop putting on nail polish, stop wearing high heels, you'll lose us.

I was immediately smitten with an attraction to this culture, not in the sense of high culture but of the basic way people behaved towards one another.

Men tend to feel threatened; women tend to feel guilty.

Our ways of relating to each other become like habits.

You've probably noticed how when someone says hello or smiles at you, your automatic reaction is to say hello or smile back.

Girls... they test you, and I don't like that. I don't get it. They do things, and then when you respond, they get mad. It's so confusing, I can't even explain it.

Men always like what the ladies like.

Men put all kinds of expectations on you. They want you to scream 'You're the best' while swearing you've never done this with anyone before.

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.

I would argue that the uncomfortable feelings she elicits are simply the by-product of watching a woman wanting and taking like a man.

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it.

Women are much stronger than men. When a woman says enough is enough, which means enough is enough. Man will always lie at her feet in the hope of return. I was lying. And somehow happy.

Very well,” he said with a small sigh. “Ladies today are so very capable. It breaks my hea rt, really.” He leaned in, almost as if sharing a secret. “No one likes to feel superfluous.” Grace just stared at him. “Rendered mute by my grace and charm,” he said, stepping back to allow them to exit. “It happens all the time. Really, I shouldn‟t be allowed near the ladies. I have such a vexing effect on you.

You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.

A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards.

(Male) culture was (and is) parasitical, feeding on the emotional strength of women without reciprocity.