A candidate for office can have no greater advantage than muddled syntax; no greater liability than a command of language.
Marya MannesWomen are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them.
Marya MannesI don't think it's possible to write a good play or paint a good picture and be a good Republican.
Marya MannesThe suppression of civil liberties is too many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to profit.
Marya MannesUntil we know what motivates the hearts and minds of men we can understand nothing outside ourselves, nor will we ever reach fulfillment as that greatest miracle of all, the human being.
Marya Mannesthe incredible new medical technology has made it possible for highly disciplined teams of surgeons ... to keep stricken organisms alive even if the brain is irretrievably damaged or lung and heart incapable of functioning without mechanical help. Now it is not dust to dust, but human to vegetable.
Marya Mannes