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Mary McCarthy Quotes
Page 2 of 2Mary McCarthy
June 21, 1912 - October 25, 1989
Nationality: American
Category: Author
Subcategory: American Author
|  The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth; like canasta, it does away with the brother of talk after dinner. | | In violence, we forget who we are. | | Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior. | | I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently inhibited about the things that other women are inhibited about for me. They feel that you've given away trade secrets. | | In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. | | Every word she writes is a lie, including and and the. |
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