Mccarthy

Famous quotes containing the word mccarthy:

    A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traitor to his class. It is middle-class people who, quite mistakenly, imagine that a lively pursuit of the latest in reading and painting will advance their status in the world.
    —Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)

    I was going to get myself recognized at any price. ...If I could not win fame by goodness, I was ready to do it by badness. ...
    —Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)

    Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near the source of infection, supposedly in a scientific spirit, but really to sniff the vapors and dally with the possibility.
    —Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)