All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction. Marya Mannes More Quotes by Marya Mannes More Quotes From Marya Mannes Revelation is the marriage of knowing and feeling. Marya Mannes intuition knowing feelings No man is a Christian who cheats his fellows, perverts the truth, or speaks of a "clean bomb" yet he will be the first to make public his faith in God. Marya Mannes christian faith men I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mould society. Marya Mannes business real thinking The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. Marya Mannes romantic-love dream reality [The sea] is the healer and the reviver, it cleanses the cavities of self-disgust and melancholy, of sloth and negation with the salt solution of life. It cures the lethargies of flesh and spirit with the slap and shake of elemental force. It cradles and comforts. Give it trust and it holds you secure; fight it and it kills. Marya Mannes ocean fighting self 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. Marya Mannes holding-on political party I don't think it's possible to write a good play or paint a good picture and be a good Republican. Marya Mannes party writing thinking the overwhelming majority of people who are engaged in the processes of thought and expression are Democrats because the essence of thought is exploration and diversity and change. It's impossible to have vision in art or government without risk, or the boldness and courage which produce risk. And this - in spite of what they call modern Republicanism - is the antithesis of true Republican thinking. Marya Mannes government art thinking performance is an act of faith. Marya Mannes performances Slowly the wasters and despoilers are impoverishing our land, our nature, and our beauty, so that there will not be one beach, one hill, one lane, one meadow, one forest free from the debris of man and the stigma of his improvidence. Marya Mannes land men beach 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 progress communication people In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude Marya Mannes aids gratitude attitude The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason. Marya Mannes emotional intelligent happiness the incredible new medical technology has made it possible for highly disciplined teams of surgeons ... to keep stricken organisms alive even if the brain is irretrievably damaged or lung and heart incapable of functioning without mechanical help. Now it is not dust to dust, but human to vegetable. Marya Mannes technology team heart Minds are cluttered from the age of six with the values of others-values which bear little relation to their own private capacities, needs and desires. Marya Mannes age mind desire 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 feminist wife mother 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. Marya Mannes anxiety real success The world of sight is still limitless. It is the artist who limits vision to the cramped dimensions of his own ego. Marya Mannes sight philosophy art Art can excite, titillate, please, entertain, and sometimes shock; but its ultimate function is to ennoble. Marya Mannes function sometimes art Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier. Marya Mannes money eye desire
