117 Quotes by Marya Mannes

The barbarian weapon is fission: the splitting asunder. It has been perfected for death. Our only weapon is fusion: an imperfect process still, though designed for life.

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.

It is television's primary damage that it provides ten million children with the same fantasy, ready-made and on a platter.

It is a marvellous thing to be physically a woman if only to know the marvels of a man.

People minus space equals Poverty ... What is living for? If the answer is a life of dignity, decency and opportunity, then every increase in population means a decrease in all three. The crowd is a threat to every single being.

Flirtation is merely an expression of considered desire coupled with an admission of its impracticability.

I don't think it's possible to write a good play or paint a good picture and be a good Republican.

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained...

Hoary idea, in any case, expecting a woman to surrender her name to her husband's in exchange for his. Why? Would any man submerge his identity and heritage to the woman he wed?