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If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring.
Marya Mannes
Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.
Marya Mannes
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.
Marya Mannes
It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.
Marya Mannes
Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive.
Marya Mannes
The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.
Marya Mannes
In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.
Marya Mannes
Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier.
Marya Mannes
For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves.
Marya Mannes
Generosity with strings is not generosity: it is a deal.
Marya Mannes
All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.
Marya Mannes
I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mould society.
Marya Mannes
In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude.
Marya Mannes
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.
Marya Mannes
