Marya Mannes Quotes (12 quotations)
1. Advertisers in general bear a large part of the responsibility for the deep feelings of inadequacy that drive women to psychiatrists, pills, or the bottle. - Marya Mannes
2. All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction. - Marya Mannes
3. All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction. - Marya Mannes
4. For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves. - Marya Mannes
5. Generosity with strings is not generosity; It is a deal. - Marya Mannes
6. I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mold society. - Marya Mannes
7. In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not. - Marya Mannes
8. It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better. - Marya Mannes
9. 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
10. The great omission in American life is solitude. . . that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incinerator of the spirit. - Marya Mannes
11. The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason. - Marya Mannes
12. 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
2. All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction. - Marya Mannes
3. All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction. - Marya Mannes
4. For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves. - Marya Mannes
5. Generosity with strings is not generosity; It is a deal. - Marya Mannes
6. I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mold society. - Marya Mannes
7. In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not. - Marya Mannes
8. It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better. - Marya Mannes
9. 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
10. The great omission in American life is solitude. . . that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incinerator of the spirit. - Marya Mannes
11. The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason. - Marya Mannes
12. 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
