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 More Quotes by Marya Mannes More Quotes From Marya Mannes Borders are scratched across the hearts of men By strangers with a calm, judicial pen, And when the borders bleed we watch with dread The lines of ink across the map turn red. Marya Mannes heart men war Advertisers in general bear a large part of the responsibility for the deep feelings of inadequacy that drive women to psychiatrists, pills, or the bottle. Marya Mannes sarcastic business responsibility 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 sisterhood money loss Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent. Marya Mannes arrogance successful use You cannot throw words like heroism and sacrifice and nobility and honor away without abandoning the qualities they express. Marya Mannes sacrifice honor integrity The art of flirtation is dying. A man and woman are either in love these days or just friends. In the realm of love, reticence and sophistication should go hand in hand, for one of the joys of life is discovery. Nowadays, instead of progressing from vous to tu, from Mister to Jim, it's 'darling' and 'come to my place' in the first hour. Marya Mannes discovery men art You mix the affluence of the white and the poverty of the black and you do not get a civilized society. Integration on an equal level is one thing. Mixing on an unequal level is another. Marya Mannes equality racism white Surely the hold of great music on the listener is precisely this: that the listener is made whole; and at the same time part of an image of infinite grace and grandeur which is creation. Marya Mannes great-music infinite grace 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? Marya Mannes husband names men One is as one is, and the love that can't encompass both is a poor sort of love. Marya Mannes forgiveness poor All people talk of money sometimes, everywhere. But not for all people, everywhere, is money the addiction, the obsession, the stimulant, that it seems to be in New York. It is a large part of the clamor, and it is the voice - quite literally - of the man in the street. Marya Mannes voice new-york men To know the good is to react against the bad. Indifference is the mark of deprivation. Marya Mannes ethics morality indifference The suppression of civil liberties is too many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to profit. Marya Mannes liberty money matter In the race for money some men may come first, but man comes last. Marya Mannes greed race men fear has always been a diminisher of life. Whether bred in the bogs of superstition or clothed in the brocades of dogma and ritual, the specter of death has reduced the living to supplicants, powerless. Marya Mannes bogs superstitions fear In an age where the lowered eyelid is just a sign of fatigue, the delicate game of love is pining away. Freud and flirtation are poor companions. Marya Mannes dating games love-is flirtation ... is a graceful salute to sex, a small impermanent spark between one human being and another, between a man and a woman not in need of fire. Marya Mannes fire men sex A candidate for office can have no greater advantage than muddled syntax; no greater liability than a command of language. Marya Mannes syntax language office the car, by bisecting the human outline, diminishes it, producing a race of half-people in a motion not of their own making Marya Mannes car race people The right to choose death when life no longer holds meaning is not only the next liberation but the last human right. Marya Mannes hold-me next lasts
