Marya Mannes Quotes

Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them. - Marya Mannes

Who's kidding whom? What's the difference between Giant and Jumbo? Quart and full quart? Two-ounce and big two-ounce? What does Extra Long mean? What's a tall 24-inches? And what busy shopper can tell? - Marya Mannes

Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent. - Marya Mannes

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason. - Marya Mannes

The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so. - Marya Mannes

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future. - Marya Mannes

The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. - Marya Mannes

Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier. - Marya Mannes

It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere. - Marya Mannes

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