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 Future
If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring. Marya Mannes Money
Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them. Marya Mannes Women
The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. Marya Mannes Romantic
The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason. Marya Mannes Intelligence