[On George H.W. Bush vs. Michael Dukakis:] Americans now know they can vote for a man who can't express his thoughts or a man who can't express his feelings. — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
Baseball has a special place in our hearts. It is the game that shows us as we would like to be. — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
[On Italy:] ... the country where kindness to strangers is a religion, you can't turn your head without seeing something beautiful, and you can't… — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
[On George H.W. Bush:] A man who wishes to lead the Western world should be able to find the right words, string them together… — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
Dogs, bless them, operate on the premise that human beings are fragile and require incessant applications of affection and reassurance. The random lick of… — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
Haldeman is the only man in America in this generation who let his hair grow for a courtroom appearance. — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
You need the will to disarm the civilian population. If we can do it in Somalia, we can do it here. — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
Anyone who has undergone home repair lately knows that your everyday artisan uses language so loosely and makes false promises so glibly as to… — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
And the propensity of weak and empty people to follow a leader into the darkness from which there is no return is still flourishing,… — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
Human sacrifice is much in vogue right now. The Republican right thinks that people who get on its nerves, especially women, should be sent… — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
Appliances have idiosyncracies, just like us. Unfortunately they have picked up our less attractive traits - they are proud, spiteful, and unforgiving. — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
[On Senator Everett Dirksen:] His great enemy was boredom and he won every engagement. — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
[On George H.W. Bush vs. Michael Dukakis:] Americans now know they can vote for a man who can't express his thoughts or a man… — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
If there is a secret to writing, I haven’t found it yet. All I know is you need to sit down, clear your mind,… — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
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