The strongest argument for the unmaterialistic character of American life is . . . that we tolerate conditions that are, from a… — Mary McCarthy American life Copy Share Image
It [Socialism] was a kind of political hockey played by big, gaunt, dyspeptic girls in pants. — Mary McCarthy Bigs Copy Share Image
If you want to be your own master ... always be surprised by evil; never anticipate it. — Mary McCarthy Anticipate Copy Share Image
“I would have said that Eichmann was profoundly, egregiously stupid, and for me stupidity is not the same as having a low… — Mary McCarthy Failure Copy Share Image
People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children. — Mary McCarthy Children Copy Share Image
Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man. — Mary McCarthy Apes Copy Share Image
The famous Florentine elegance, which attracts tourists to the shops on Via Tornabuoni and Via della Vigna Nuova, is characterized by austerity… — Mary McCarthy Austerity Copy Share Image
... it was religion that saved me. Our ugly church and parochial school provided me with my only aesthetic outlet, in the… — Mary McCarthy Aesthetic Copy Share Image
I really tried, or so I thought, to avoid lying, but it seemed to me that they forced it on me by… — Mary McCarthy Differences Copy Share Image
I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think,… — Mary McCarthy Adventure Copy Share Image
The American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at… — Mary McCarthy Air Copy Share Image
This grossly advertised wonder [Venice], this gold idol with clay feet, this trompe-l'oeil, this painted deception, this cliche-what intelligent iconoclast could fail… — Mary McCarthy Clay Copy Share Image
We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our… — Mary McCarthy Day to day Copy Share Image
When you have committed an action that you cannot bear to think about, that causes you to writhe in retrospect, do not… — Mary McCarthy Action Copy Share Image
Feminism is ridiculous. Feminists are silly idealists who want to be on top. There is no real equality in sexual relationships -… — Mary McCarthy Feminism Copy Share Image
Venice is the worlds unconscious: a misers glittering hoard, guarded by a Beast whose eyes are made of white agate, and by… — Mary McCarthy Beast Copy Share Image
this is the spirit of the enchantment under which Venice lies, pearly and roseate, like the Sleeping Beauty, changeless throughout the centuries,… — Mary McCarthy Arrested Copy Share Image
The breakdown of our language, evident in the misuse, i.e., the misunderstanding of nouns and adjectives, is most grave, though perhaps not… — Mary McCarthy Adjectives Copy Share Image
Whenever in history, equality appeared on the agenda, it was exported somewhere else, like an undesirable. — Mary McCarthy Agendas Copy Share Image
What I really do is take real plums and put them in an imaginary cake. If you're interested in the cake, you… — Mary McCarthy Annoyed Copy Share Image
Driving a car, you are in danger of killing; walking or standing, of being killed. — Mary McCarthy Car Copy Share Image
Life is a system of recurrent pairs, the poison and the antidote being eternally packaged together by some considerate heavenly druggist. — Mary McCarthy Antidote Copy Share Image
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