Mannish Quotes & Sayings

A woman impudent and mannish grown
Is not more loath'd than an effeminate man. — William Shakespeare

The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying. This is America, not Saudi Arabia. — Anna Wintour

The sound of old winter ice breaking at spring's touch, — Raymond E. Feist

I do have rough, manly, and mannish, man hands. So glad you noticed. — Anne Eliot

The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts. — Ken Burns

On the nights they went to bed at the same time, Rocco would lie there and watch her go to the closet, watch her choose either silky slips or mannish shirts, like running up sex flags from across the room. — Richard Price

Still the race of hero spirits pass the lamp from hand to hand. — Charles Kingsley

Never forget who you are!' he shouts, grips my shoulders — Anonymous

Success is transient, evanescent. The real passion lies in the poignant acquisition of knowledge about all the shading and subtleties of the creative secrets. — Constantin Stanislavski

I've always been given respect because I'm kind of mannish, and I'm not a great beauty. I've never played the coquette card because I'm no good at it. — Martha Wainwright

When men are scared of a woman, they always accuse her of being mannish. — Elizabeth Aston

They trundled on for two miles, until the checkpoint was safely out of sight behind a hill, when the wagon stopped and the door swung open. Laurent stepped out of the wagon, wearing only a loose Veretian shirt, slightly dishevelled over his pants. Nikandros looked from him to the wagon and back again.
He said, 'How did you convince Jokaste to play along with the guards?'
'I didn't,' said Laurent.
He tossed the wad of blue silk in his hands to one of the soldiers to dispose of, then shrugged into his jacket in a rather mannish gesture.
Nikandros was staring at him.
'Don't think about it too much,' said Damen. — C.S. Pacat

I'm tall with broad shoulders, and therefore, I like clothes with a bit of a swagger - mannish clothes that you can wear with a lot of feminine, sweet tops. I put my own looks together - a favourite coat, a bit of vintage, a bit of high street. — Joanna Lumley

I like a mannish man: a man who knows how to talk to and treat a woman - not just a man with muscles. — Zsa Zsa Gabor

The community certainly included black English professors, like my mother, as well as black doctors and dentists, black mechanics, janitors, and contractors, black cobblers, wedding planners, real estate agents, and undertakers, several black lawyers, and a handful of black Mary Kay salespeople. As a child, however, I knew so many African Americans working in science, math, and engineering that I thought that's just what black folks did. — Margot Lee Shetterly

Every time a champion makes a decision they have a chance to learn something new, regardless of the outcome. — Steve Backley

The beauty of the Internet is that there's no space limit. — David Tang

Looking to future generations, there is no cause to fear that the social instincts will grow weaker ... the social instincts, - the prime principle of man's moral constitution - with the aid of active intellectual powers and the effects of habit, naturally lead to the golden rule, "As ye would that men should do to you; do ye to them likewise"; and this lies at the foundation of morality. — Charles Darwin