117 Quotes by 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.

All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.

Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so.

By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.

In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude

I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mould society.

Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them.

Who's kidding whom? What's the difference between Giant and Jumbo? Quart and full quart? Two-ounce and big two-ounce? What does Extra Long mean? What's a tall 24-inches? And what busy shopper can tell?