Marya Mannes
Marya Mannes
Marya Manneswas an American author and critic, known for her caustic but insightful observations of American life. Mannes also wrote under the pen name of, "Sec."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 November 1904
CountryUnited States of America
money eye desire
Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier.
party thinking political
the Republicans think they have a corner on morality ...
party political holding-on
Republicans seems to me to be chiefly concerned with holding on to what they have: in society, it's position, or respectability, or what you will; in business, of course, it's profit.
eye painting moments
A seventeenth-century painting can be "modern" because the living eye finds it fresh and new. A "modern" painting can be outdated because it was a product of the moment and not of time.
dream real moving
on Broadway money rules. Like a host of vultures, the ticket brokers, the speculators, the craft unions, the agents, the backers, the real estate owners move in on the creative body and take their bite. The world of dreams breathes in an iron lung; and without this mechanical pumping it dies.
miracle humans human-beings
The greatest miracle of all, the human being.
party thinking people
certain kinds of people become Republicans and certain kinds of people become Democrats, and ... it's more than a matter of party affiliation. It's a way of thinking and being.
television radio violence
television and radio violence was considered by most experts of minimal importance as a contributory cause of youthful killing. ... there were always enough experts to assure the public that crime and violence had nothing to do with crime and violence.
judgment cynicism ultimate
The ultimate cynicism is to suspend judgment so that you are not judged.
integrity sacrifice honor
You cannot throw words like heroism and sacrifice and nobility and honor away without abandoning the qualities they express.
sound sincere
It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.
communication people progress
It is not enough to show people how to live better; there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.
money liberty matter
The suppression of civil liberties is too many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to profit.
morality ethics indifference
To know the good is to react against the bad. Indifference is the mark of deprivation.