Mary McCarthy Quotes

The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, toil that has to be begun again the moment it is completed, toil that is destroyed and consumed by the life process.

Mary McCarthy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 21, 1912 - October 25, 1989

Topics

LifeMomentProcessHouseLabor

I spent almost two years trying to get my father elected president.

Meghan McCain

FatherTryingPresidentTwoYears

I've never been a die-hard fan, like a crazy fan for an artist.

Meghan Trainor

CrazyArtistNeverBeenLikeFan

I never even was in any of my high school plays. I mean, look at me. What role could they give me - the tooth fairy?

John Matuszak

SchoolMeHigh SchoolLookNever

This most dangerous enemy is the American counterpart of the British Fabian Socialist, who denies that he is a Socialist and operates behind a mask which he calls National Planning.

John T. Flynn

PlanningMaskAmericanDangerousWho

We all have to stand up and fight alongside American women to make sure that they have the freedom to control their own futures.

Tony Goldwyn

WomenFreedomFightControlStand Up

Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor.

Rita Dove

EqualityNameNeverDividedShould

Why are men talking about what clothes they're wearing? It's so unmanly, I think. It's like Versailles before the Revolution, without the style.

Rupert Everett

StyleMenRevolutionThinkTalking

If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.

Ludwig Borne

AgeToo MuchLittleNaturalMuch

Yeah, nothing feels better than knowing that I can put a guitar in my hands at any time and rip - even when I'm taking a crap!

Dimebag Darrell

TimeGuitarBetterHandsI CanCrap

I mean, I've sold all these scripts and nothing's been made. Studios have closed, stars have died. I had a director find Jesus. And the pictures just don't get made.

Bruce Vilanch

StarsFindPicturesNothingMean

Nobody lives forever and I've had a blessed life.

Bob Feller

LifeBlessedNobodyForeverLives

I'd like to go back to poetry again. I really, really revere good poetry. It's been my private discipline.

Alice Sebold

GoodDisciplinePoetryBackGoBeen

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