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They say if a man looks you in the eye for more than six seconds straight, he either wants to murder you or have sex. — Bryan Mooney

And here's why it worked: man or woman, gay, straight, bisexual, you name it, we all just want to be teased. — Taylor Jenkins Reid

I think every rapper should know how to sing, like a little bit. I mean common man it'll make your rapping better straight up. — SonReal

The straight line belongs to Man. The curved line belongs to God — Antonio Gaudi

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned. — Immanuel Kant

Tighter than a straight man's butt cheeks in prison — Kim Harrison

Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight. — Lillian Hellman

Be cheerful, also, and seek not external help, nor the peace which others give. A man must stand straight, and not be kept straight by others. — Marcus Aurelius

The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight. — Maya Angelou

Never trust a man who combs his hair straight from his left armpit. — Alice Roosevelt Longworth

The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling. — Lao-Tzu

The man was the finest preacher. He could make a frog stand up straight and get happy with Jesus. — James McBride

In my planet, fashion, I'm the only straight man. — Roberto Cavalli

The anarchic is the true divine state of man in the end as in the beginning; but in between it would lead us straight to the devil and his kingdom. — Sri Aurobindo

I was a straight man long before I knew what it was called. I was just the boring one. — Jason Sudeikis

I'm not a straight man, but I play one on television. — Dan Butler

Living inside me is a straight guy, a lesbian, a gay man, a straight chick, and a couple of bisexuals and they all get an equal amount of play time. — Ily Goyanes

At times he swears that he's going to go straight, but mostly he feels like a drowning man in love with the surf. — A.S.A Harrison

I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path. — Saadi

Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight. — Mencius

When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part. — Laurence Olivier

I grew up in a pretty gay world - my brother's gay and he's been married to a man for 20 years, which is like 60 in straight-people years. — Kevin Smith

Every straight man I know is a feminist. They wouldn't be my friends if they weren't. — Ronee Blakley

I believe gay, straight, anybody, everybody's supposed to be happy in this world, man. — Tracy Morgan

Whether we are rich or poor, young or old, man or woman, straight or gay: all of us are called to our own brand of personal holiness. — James Martin

The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man. — Victor Hugo

Drag shows are one of my favorite things in the world. As a straight man I love going to gay bars. People at gay bars just love to dance. — Steve Kazee

The last time a straight man worked in the fashion industry, we got a fanny pack. — Chelsea Handler

You're right, man! These
corndogs are crap! Drew yelled,
launching a corndog straight at JJ's
face. — Miranda Kenneally

A man who prides himself on going in a straight line through life is an idiot who believes in infallibility. — Honore De Balzac

Man is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight — Mark Twain

There may be troubled waters along the many paths my life shall take, but only I as a man, may keep my vessel afloat, and guide myself straight. — Robert M. Hensel

If people take any notice of what we say, we say we've been through the drug scene, man, and there's nothing like being straight. — John Lennon

Every sitcom needs their straight man or straight woman. — Aarti Mann

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye,
particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something. — Clifton Fadiman

A man may be as straight as an arrow, but even then he will have some critics. — Umar

A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight. — Brandon Sanderson

A man going straight towards his goals overcomes difficulties and obstacles in his paths, and turns them into benefits — Sunday Adelaja

The brilliance of Adam Scott is that he is so damn funny in a straight man role. — Rob Thomas

Viola had a smile that could make the heavens open. She also had a frown of such scorn, it could send a man straight to hell. — Laura Lee Guhrke

Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path. — Mahatma Gandhi

God created a path to his kingdom that is simple and straight. The obstacles that stand between you and God were created by man. — Jean Charest

I have nothing to complain about.. except maybe people wondering if a queen like me can be butch-it-up enough to play a convincing straight man. — Rupert Everett

Straight Man: But my daughter belongs to a talk show generation that seems to be losing the ability to discriminate between public and private woes. — Richard Russo

If the old man looked at straight lines to keep his act together, I was going to stare at curved lines and go down in flames. — Natsuo Kirino

Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, then go straight forward. — William Wilberforce

What do you most wish for, Izzy?"
"Herbs and salads, and fish straight from the river. A man needs no more than such pleasures. — Mary Novik

For a straight man, I seem to have to kiss an awful lot of men! — Dominic West

I see my role in the Bonzos as being the straight man, in many ways. — Neil Innes

This boy - this man - was asking for the moon and the stars. And I was willing to shoot us straight off the map. And offer him the entire universe. — Christina Lee

No one likes a straight road but the man who pays for it, or who, when he travels, is brute enough to wish to get to his journey's end. — J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Man's life must be a straight line of motion from goal to farther goal, each leading to the next and to a single growing sum, like a journey ... — Ayn Rand

A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. — C.S. Lewis

It is going to be changed to straight P. Diddy. You could call me P. or Diddy, or P. Diddy. I just want something fresh, man. — Sean Combs

The best cure for a hangover is something one straight man can't do for another straight man. — Ben Affleck

I've worked in television for 10 years straight. If I were a man, it wouldn't be considered strange [to have confidence] at all. — Mindy Kaling

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart. — Moliere

You've got to be a really straight man to write a song like 'It's Raining Men.' — Paul Shaffer

Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us. — Pindar

And that's what's wrong with the world.." "Man, woman, straight, gay. There's nothing wrong with wanting someone. We're all adults. — Lindsey Kelk

One should never lose hope. Homosexuality can strike any straight man at any age. — Roger Peyrefitte

Because of the myth of progress, it is much easier to sell a man an electric razor than a straight-edged one. — Jacques Ellul

Tatiana heard Alexander say, "Don't bother with shots. Pour mine straight into a glass." "Good man," said Papa, pouring him a glass. — Paullina Simons

Armor is heavy, yet it is a proud burden, and a man standeth straight in it. — Mark Twain

I've learned when you drink Absolut straight, it burns enough to give my chest hairs a perm. — Method Man

Although in Abbott and Costello, and straight man was first. That's a very interesting concept. — Harvey Korman

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved. — Immanuel Kant

Ahimsa was preached to man when he was in full vigor of life and able to look his adversaries straight in the face. — Mahatma Gandhi

A straight face is an ignorant man's attempt to appear knowledgeable. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Maybe we need a war now and then to get our priorities straight, a second man says. — Ben Fountain

Right angles don't attract me. Nor straight, hard and inflexible lines created by man. — Oscar Niemeyer

A gay man can be friends with a straight man. That can happen. — Steve Guttenberg

Straight men need to be emasculated ... Every straight guy should have a man's tongue in his mouth at least once. — Madonna Ciccone

When I am at a straight club, which is like once a year, if a man even looks in my direction, I verbally attack him. — Jill Bennett

Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness. — Henrik Ibsen

Ronan said, "I'm always straight."
Adam replied "Oh, man, that's the biggest lie you've ever told. — Maggie Stiefvater

Man, I wanted to unravel you, K.C.," he whispered, and then looked me straight in the eye. "I wanted inside you so badly. — Penelope Douglas

No man ever got lost on a straight road. — Abraham Lincoln

When I was a kid I got no respect. When I went on the roller coaster, my old man told me to stand up straight. — Rodney Dangerfield

That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared. — Confucius

It's not common for a woman on television, especially if she's the mom of the family, to be funny. She's usually a straight man or foil. — Martha Plimpton

Never believe straight off in a man's unhappiness. Ask him if he can still sleep. If the answer's "yes," all's well. That is enough. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine

I am known as a one liner man because I don't give chance to people to read between the lines. — Amit Abraham

I'm 23 but I got a brain like I'm 32 man, switched the numbers around. Smart kid too, straight-A student, I was just a class clown. — Adrien Broner