117 Quotes by Marya Mannes

The New York voice reflects its diversity, its foreignness, and, inevitably, the sense of superiority New Yorkers feel or come to feel. It says, without saying, We Know.

performance is an act of faith.

Art can excite, titillate, please, entertain, and sometimes shock; but its ultimate function is to ennoble.

Ribbons a-flutter and orchids a-tremble, Yearly the vigilant Daughters assemble, Affirming in fervid and firm resolutions Their permanent veto on all revolutions.

Good-fellowship, unflagging, is the prime requisite for success in our society, and the man or woman who smiles only for reasons of humor or pleasure is a deviate.

You cannot throw words like heroism and sacrifice and nobility and honor away without abandoning the qualities they express.

The ultimate cynicism is to suspend judgment so that you are not judged.

Infants are interesting only to their parents.

To be at peace with self, to find company and nourishment in self-this would be the test of the free and productive psyche.