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
communication people political
The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other.
women marvellous ifs
It is a marvellous thing to be physically a woman if only to know the marvels of a man.
war artist vision
Artists never make wars. They are too busy making life out of the matter of their visions.
equality white racism
You mix the affluence of the white and the poverty of the black and you do not get a civilized society. Integration on an equal level is one thing. Mixing on an unequal level is another.
love-is games dating
In an age where the lowered eyelid is just a sign of fatigue, the delicate game of love is pining away. Freud and flirtation are poor companions.
sex men fire
flirtation ... is a graceful salute to sex, a small impermanent spark between one human being and another, between a man and a woman not in need of fire.
race people car
the car, by bisecting the human outline, diminishes it, producing a race of half-people in a motion not of their own making
lasts next hold-me
The right to choose death when life no longer holds meaning is not only the next liberation but the last human right.
team heart technology
the incredible new medical technology has made it possible for highly disciplined teams of surgeons ... to keep stricken organisms alive even if the brain is irretrievably damaged or lung and heart incapable of functioning without mechanical help. Now it is not dust to dust, but human to vegetable.
able dignity life-is
Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it.
success real anxiety
The real demon is success-the anxieties engendered by this quest are relentless, degrading, corroding. What is worse, there is no end to this escalation of desire.
actual american-journalist great surest verbal
All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.
american-journalist faucet leave listen
Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so.
age american-journalist
By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.