Author: Mary McCarthy

Quotes

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

- Mary McCarthy

Life for the European is a career; for the American it is a hazard.

Life for the European is a career; for the American it is a hazard.

- Mary McCarthy

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

- Mary McCarthy

I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.

I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.

- Mary McCarthy

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.

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.

- Mary McCarthy

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof.

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof.

- Mary McCarthy

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.

- Mary McCarthy

Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.

Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.

- Mary McCarthy

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.

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.

- Mary McCarthy

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