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
revenge abuse environmental
The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.
generosity strings deals
Generosity with strings is not generosity: it is a deal.
privilege moments awareness
It is privilege of living to be acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.
nature lying down-and
Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow.
successful arrogance use
Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.
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 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.
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.
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.
sound sincere
It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.
money liberty matter
The suppression of civil liberties is too many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to profit.
dream romantic-love reality
The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.