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Someone says, "Boys will be boys"; he forgot to add, "Boys will be men


Napoleon Bonaparte

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Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
KIN HUBBARD Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
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MARY ALICE The phrase ‘Boys will be boys,’ reflects that a male child is expected to be unpredictable and o...
KILROY J. OLDSTER Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.
ANNE FRANK Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.
ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS The days of 'boys will be boys' or, 'it's just a dog or a stray cat' are over.
DIANE BALKIN It will probably attract a lot of 8-year-old boys and 38-year-old dads.
ALLISON SAVICZ Most of my top runners will do one event and a relay. We are going to defend our boys' title.
EDWARD HECTOR Mayer was here privately as a spectator and he visited the boys. Of course, they will have talked a ...
ERICH WAGNER See what the boys in the backroom will have
And tell them I'm having the same.
FRANK LOESSER Come closer, boys. It will be easier for you.
ERSKINE CHILDERS Nikki Harris will be eligible next week and our boys are getting better, but they are young compared...
ED DABROWSKI Stevens boys' had a good season last year and should be strong this year. It will be a good test for...
FRANK BONICH I think the boys team next year will be a lot better. They were very disappointed in themselves for ...
JULIE WILLIS Of course The Beach Boys will be camp.
BRUCE JOHNSTON Small boys were a mystery to Sylvie. The satisfaction they gained from throwing sticks or stones for...
KATE ATKINSON Saudi Arabian police arrested seven teenage boys for leering at women. In accordance with Saudi law,...
TINA FEY My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can scarcely hope to mak...
THOMAS ARNOLD Emotional neglect lays the groundwork for the emotional numbing that helps boys feel better about be...
BELL HOOKS Freddie and the England boys will all be coming along.
IAN BOTHAM I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. [His posse of longtime pals provides another outlet.] They carry on like your classic 'boys will be ...
AMY ADAMS Some people are boys longer than others.
PATRICIA BRIGGS The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been, that the boys want ...
ERIC SEVAREID Better to build schoolrooms for the boys than prison and gallows for the men
ELSA COOK Little girls grow up to be women, little boys grow up to be little boys.
STEPHEN FRY How did I do that? It's a long story. You know, kids, boys, explosive things. It will happen.
HUGH LAURIE Of course that's what everyone was hoping for, that the boys would come home alive. That is our will...
DENNIS FRAZIER It's possible the money boys and fancy lobbyists will win, but it's also possible we'll win. This wi...
DAN CANTOR Stade Francais will cut us apart unless we improve, but if we get the boys moving we can definitely ...
LYN JONES We will be hosting our first alumni track meet for the boys and girls track teams. We would like to ...
KRISTIAN KUEGLER We miss you, Charlie, and we love you; your boys will always remember.
PEGGY GARBARINI Hurry boys, hurry, we have to make a quick change or the hour will be up.
MALCOLM CAMPBELL It will be good to give some of our young boys a taste of league action.
SIMON DELAHUNTY When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys...
SHERYL SANDBERG I'd walk half way around the world... for just one kiss from you...
BACKSTREET BOYS In Between Dreams
BEASTIE BOYS I'm that kid in the corner all f***ed up and I wanna so I'm gonna
BEASTIE BOYS The true key is a trust in self For when I trust myself, I fear no one else I took control of my lif...
BEASTIE BOYS I dropped acid skiing one time and lost my wallet
BEASTIE BOYS You're Scheming On A Thing That's A Mirage I'm Trying To Tell You Now It's Sabotage
BEASTIE BOYS We got a safe in the trunk with money in a stack With dice in the front and Brooklyn's in the back N...
BEASTIE BOYS I've got friends and family that i respect When i think i'm too good They put me in check Ch-Check I...
BEASTIE BOYS We speak to them quite regularly,
BEASTIE BOYS The true key is a trust in self
For when I trust myself, I fear no one else
I took control o...
BEASTIE BOYS We got a safe in the trunk with money in a stack With dice in the front and Brooklyn's in the back �...
BEASTIE BOYS I've got friends and family that i respect When i think i'm too good They put me in check – Ch-Chec...
BEASTIE BOYS I Want It That Way,
BACKSTREET BOYS Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely,
BACKSTREET BOYS What about your
Your 10,000 promises?
That you gave to me (to me, babe)
Your 10,00...
BACKSTREET BOYS We got a safe in the trunk with money in a stack With dice in the front and Brooklyn's in the back �...
BEASTIE BOYS The companies have lost tons of dough and tons of respect. They are pulling out.
DAVID BOYS The private sector is not sufficiently reliable to manage these essential public services. Governmen...
DAVID BOYS Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
SAMUEL JOHNSON Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
SAMUEL JOHNSON Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
SAMUEL JOHNSON Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
SAMUEL JACKSON Be honest and true, boys!
Whatever you do, boys,
Let this be your motto through life.
GEORGE BIRDSEYE Healthy boys grow into healthy men.
CLAYTON LESSOR MA, LPC Men get opinions as boys learn to spell, by reiteration chiefly
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING I said to the team, 'boys, we've got to be men and I thought we were tonight. I'm happy with their p...
JIM POST This is when boys turn into men. It's just so much fun seeing them doing that.
BILL LAW I think men are supposed to be boys always. They just go through different stages and if wives under...
TERESA HEINZ KERRY Boyhood, like measles, is one of those complaints which a man should catch young and have done with,...
P.G. WODEHOUSE The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable Christian forbearance amo...
AMBROSE BIERCE There will always be a Beach Boys. Being a Beach Boy is like being in love.
DENNIS WILSON The army teaches boys to think like men.
ELVIS PRESLEY Methuselah lived to be 969 years old . You boys and girls will see more in the next fifty years than...
THOMAS TUSSER The rivalry that exists between Jodie, Libby and Alice will keep us going like we did with the boys ...
ALAN THOMPSON Freddie has promised his support and will be doing more than one town. The other England boys are co...
IAN BOTHAM Michelle said 'Just leave the boys at home, Joshua will watch Jason,' but I said no, that's against ...
LIBBEY HOLDEN There will be seven troops with boys ages six to 18 and adults helping as well. We hope to be able t...
JUDY BURNS Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.
ERIC SEVAREID Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.
ERIC SEVAREID I never see any difference in boys. I only know two sorts of boys. Mealy boys and beef-faced boys.
CHARLES DICKENS I'd been with boys before; I'd been with boys I'd thought were men. But this was different. David ki...
JESSICA HAWKINS He really was beautiful. I know boys aren’t supposed to be, but he was.
JOHN GREEN He really was beautiful. I know boys aren't supposed to be, but he was.
JOHN GREEN I felt like one of the boys. My friends were boys. In school I related to boys.
CHAZ BONO You're in the Backstreet Boys. This inevitably will be a great thing for your career. I've been bust...
CARSON DALY You're in the Backstreet Boys. This inevitably will be a great thing for your career, ... I've been ...
CARSON DALY Women with low self-esteem love bad boys. Women who have work to do love bad boys. Women who love th...
TRACY MCMILLAN I went to an all-girls school for part of high school, and the idea of boys was amazing to me; like,...
ALEXANDRA DADDARIO We have to be strong for young boys.
HELEN MCMILLAN Drink boys, drink boys, Drive away your sorrow!
MOTTO A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been a boy.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.
ED HOWE Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages o...
JAMES THURBER Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages...
JAMES THURBER Boys don't make passes at female smart-asses.
LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN Only little boys and old men sneer at love.
LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own insti...
JOHN ANDREW HOLMES Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will sei...
GEORGE F. WILL One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practi...
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER A boy is a magical creature - you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of y...
ALLAN BECK Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable
PLATO Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don't ...
KIRSTEN DUNST A boy is a magical creature--you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of yo...
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