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Marya Mannes was an American author known for her profound insights into women's and gender issues. Her works often focused on the status and experiences of women in society, particularly their dual roles in the family and at work.

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Famous Marya Mannes Quotes

“You cannot know what you do not feel.”

Knows Feels Feelings

Author:Marya Mannes

“Know the difference between Giant and Jumbo? Between two-ounce and a big two-ounce? Between a quart and a full quart? What's a tall 24-inch? What does Extra Long mean? Who's kidding who?”

Knows Mean Long Doe Two Bigs Differences Advertising Giants Extras Tall Inches

Book:But Will it Sell?

Source: But Will it Sell?

“The New York voice reflects its diversity, its foreignness, and, inevitably, the sense of superiority New Yorkers feel or come to feel. It says, without saying, We Know.”

Knows Feels Voice New York Diversity Superiority New Yorkers

Book:The New York I Know

Source: The New York I Know

“To know the good is to react against the bad. Indifference is the mark of deprivation.”

Knows Morality Ethics Mark Indifference Deprivation

Book:More in Anger

Source: More in Anger

“Until we know what motivates the hearts and minds of men we can understand nothing outside ourselves, nor will we ever reach fulfillment as that greatest miracle of all, the human being.”

Knows Men Mind Humans Heart Human Beings Experience Miracle Fulfillment Heart And Mind

Book:More in Anger

Source: More in Anger

“If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring.”

Ifs Knows Men Loss Money He Man Gains Weight Boring Obsessed Empowering Women Sisterhood Saving Money American Woman Fidgeting

Book:The Best of Marya Mannes

Source: The Best of Marya Mannes

“It is a marvellous thing to be physically a woman if only to know the marvels of a man.”

Ifs Knows Men Women Marvellous

Author:Marya Mannes

About the Author

Born: November 14, 1904
Died: September 13, 1990
Known for: Author
Quotes: 95

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