Mary McCarthy Quotes

I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that you really must make the self.

Mary McCarthy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ThinkSelfFeelYouEveryoneQuest

Mother's Day is a welcome event in partisan times. Nearly everyone agrees that we should show mothers gratitude.

John Dickerson

MotherGratitudeDayWelcomeMothers

I laugh my head off every day with my husband and my kids, who are mooning me and singing me songs.

Melissa McCarthy

DayMeSingingHusbandLaughHead

All the world lies warm in one heart, yet the Sierra seems to get more light than other mountains. The weather is mostly sunshine embellished with magnificent storms, and nearly everything shines from base to summit - the rocks, streams, lakes, glaciers, irised falls, and the forests of silver fir and silver pine.

John Muir

HeartLightSunshineMountainsWorld

I'm not ashamed to confess that I often note down many of the crazy things my children say.

Amitava Kumar

ChildrenCrazyDownSayAshamed

I think about death all the time. I think that's a good thing because we're all going to die, and the only thing we can control is how we are and what we're doing in the meantime.

Steve Gleason

GoodTimeDeathControlThinkDie

When I got to university, I would read plays and go, 'But these are about the past. Where are the plays that I love about now?' I couldn't find them, so I started writing.

Mike Bartlett

LovePastWritingFindGoNow

The team I have to work with at Loewe is incredible, from the architect to the archivist.

Jonathan Anderson

WorkTeamIncredibleArchitect

Chris Paul is one of the brightest stars in the National Basketball Association, a must-see player with the New Orleans Hornets whose deft ball skills and eye-popping speed have attracted admirers all over the world.

Don Yaeger

StarsBasketballWorldSpeedNew

I just couldn't believe that the police would fire tear gas into what had been a peaceful protest. I was running around, face burning, and nothing I saw looked like America to me.

DeRay Mckesson

FirePoliceMeBelieveFaceAmerica

I will always face the conundrum that the subjects I'm attracted to aren't essentially commercial.

Debra Granik

FaceWillAlwaysCommercialSubjects

I would truly risk my life to keep doing what I love.

Brady Jandreau

LifeLoveMy LifeDoingRiskKeep

I do my very best to avoid shark fin.

Anthony Bourdain

BestSharkAvoidVery

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