Sports is about people who lose and lose and lose. They lose games; then they lose their jobs. It can be very intriguing. — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
“The penis, often regarded as a weapon, is also a burden, the male curse.” — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them. — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
People go to restaurants for so many different reasons. To court a girl, to make some deal. Maybe to talk to some lawyer about… — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
“in a male-dominated world, Reich suggested, there was an “economic interest” in the continued role of women as “the provider of children for the… — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
“Too many people were obsessed with their heads and were alienated from their bodies, Perls believed, adding: “We have to lose our minds and… — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
“An individual with genital character, according to Reich, was fully in contact with with his body, his drives, his environment- he possessed “orgastic potency,” the capacity to “surrender to the flow of energy in the orgasm without any inhibition…free of anxiety and unpleasure and unaccompanied by fantasies”; and while genital character alone would not assure enduring contentment, the individual at… — Gay Talese Copy Share
Wall Street bankers supposedly back the Yankees; Smith College girls approve of them. God, Brooks Brothers, and United States Steel are believed to be… — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
“Group nudity could also be personally beneficial, according to psychologist Abraham M. Maslow, who believed that nudist camps or parks might be places where… — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
“While the moral force of Judeo-Christian tradition and the law have sought to purify the penis, and to restrict its seed to the sanctified institution of matrimony, the penis is not by nature a monogamous organ. It knows no moral code. It was designed by nature for waste, it craves variety, and nothing less than castration will eliminate the allure… — Gay Talese Copy Share
The Park Avenue of poodles and polished brass; it is cab country, tip-town, glassville, a window-washer's paradise. — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
Putting on a beautifully designed suit elevates my spirit, extols my sense of self, and helps define me as a man to whom details… — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
