Mccarthy

Famous quotes containing the word mccarthy:

    A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold.
    Marlo Thomas (b. 1943)

    ... friendship ... is essential to intellectuals. You can date the evolving life of a mind, like the age of a tree, by the rings of friendship formed by the expanding central trunk.
    —Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)

    A wholly materialistic city is nothing but a dream incarnate. Venice is the world’s unconscious, a miser’s glittering hoard, guarded by a Beast whose eyes are made of white agate, and by a saint who is really a prince who has just slain a dragon.
    —Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)