The Group Mary Mccarthy Quotes & Sayings

How can a man be satisfied to entertain an opinion merely, and enjoy it? — Henry David Thoreau

Assume nothing,'" he said. The first chapter of the Tactics. "If we figure everyone might be a murderer, we're less likely to be disappointed. — Brian Staveley

She considered [her] life, which had not been a life but only a sort of greeting, a Hello There. — Mary McCarthy

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like the state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind. — George Bernard Shaw

Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have. — Richard S. Salant

I want a long life, measured not in days and years but the moments that we spent together — Sapan Saxena

And it's a ... it's a term 'Punk Rock' that's based on contempt; it's a term that's based on fashion , style , elitism, satanism , and, everything that's rotten about rock 'n' roll. — Iggy Pop

There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off. — Tobias Wolff

The group was not afraid of being radical either; they could see the good Roosevelt was doing, despite what Mother and Dad said; they were not taken in by party labels and thought the Democrats should be given a chance to show what they had up their sleeve. — Mary McCarthy

We are God's creation, and we have a responsibility to keep ourselves at our best. — Victoria Osteen

Fell?' he asked. 'Or was pushed?'

Anton shrugged again. 'It hardly makes a difference,' he said, 'when you are the man at the bottom of the stairs. — Michael Montoure

The CIA's officers in Baghdad and in Washington tried to warn that the path the president was pursuing in Iraq was disastrous. They said the United States could not run a country it did not understand. Their words carried no weight at the White House. They were heresy in an administration whose policies were based on faith. — Tim Weiner