Obsessed Quote by Mary McCarthy

The Puritans thought they could simply repress man's sexual nature, and they reaped a whirlwind as a result. Their code of sexual morality -…

— Hugh Hefner

We have, in this country, this Puritan, hypocritical, nonrealistic view of sex that is entirely different than the view, for instance, in Western Europe.

— Michael Avenatti

American society is still puritanical.

— Nick Nolte

But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.

— Joe Mantegna

You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment -…

— James Young

The objection to Puritans is not that they try to make us think as they do, but that they try to make us do…

— Anonymous

When you think about Puritanism, you must begin by getting rid of the slang term 'Puritanism' as applied to Victorian religious hypocrisy. This does…

— Leland Ryken

I've always been extremely puritanical.

— Ann-Margret

Why are there so many puritans in this country, and why can't the rest of us make them go away?!

— Bill Maher

You can't understand America without understanding the Puritans. In many ways, we're still living out their legacy in ways that are good and bad.

— Pete Buttigieg

In America sex is an obsession. In Europe it's a fact of life.

— Rita Mae Brown

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

— H. L. Mencken