I aim at being useful, and sincerity will render me unaffected; for, wishing rather to persuade by the force of my arguments, than dazzle by the elegance of my language, I shall not waste my time in rounding periods, nor in fabricating the turgid bombast of artificial feelings, which, coming from the head, never reach the heart.—I shall be employed about things, not words!


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MARY GARDEN
In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was con...
MARY GARDEN
A wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything...
MARY GARDEN
My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline.
MARY GARDEN
It was not uncommon for the children to be told they were being treated this way because it was thei...
MARY GARDEN
Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse...
MARY GARDEN
Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.
MARY SHELLEY
If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any...
MARY ASTELL
I long for my garden to be complete. Working in it is one of my joys, but it will never be finished ...
MARY QUANT
Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.
MARY MARTIN
When people suffer, their relationships usually suffer as well. Period. And we all suffer because, a...
MARY KARR
Nothing you become will disappoint me; I have no preconception that I'd like to see you be or do. I ...
MARY HASKELL
There are no absolutes in this world, and there will always be mistakes that are made within brokera...
MARY SCHAPIRO
When I opened my first shop, city gents were still carrying tightly furled umbrellas and wearing bow...
MARY QUANT
I have a theory of living on the boundary: on the boundary of patriarchy and the boundary of differe...
MARY DALY
Having children is the greatest thing that can happen to you as a husband and wife. They are infuria...
MARY BERRY
I wasn't the brightest button in the class at school, but I enjoyed cooking and baking. I wasn&#...
MARY BERRY
I usually wear only a bit of pink lippy, but for TV, they add a few extra lashes to brighten my eyes...
MARY BERRY
To many women marriage is only this. It is merely a physical change impinging on their ordinary natu...
MARY WEBB
In my end is my beginning.
MARY STUART
You can figure out who you were by which movies you loved when.
MARY SCHMICH
'The Hunger Games' isn't for everybody. But neither is 'Anna Karenina.'
MARY SCHMICH
For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.
MARY SCHMICH
TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no tears, no...
MARY SCHMICH
The first gay person I ever met was surely not the first gay person I ever met.
MARY SCHMICH
The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.
MARY SCHMICH
You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.
MARY SCHMICH
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless w...
MARY SCHMICH
In twenty years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp n...
MARY SCHMICH
Like many women my age, I am 28 years old.
MARY SCHMICH
Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and...
MARY SCHMICH
On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's p...
MARY SCHMICH
I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renew...
MARY SCHMICH
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll ha...
MARY SCHMICH
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, ...
MARY SCHMICH
Opening day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air...
MARY SCHMICH
Dad thought something very fishy was going on when, at 22, I was offered a job for £1,000 a ye...
MARY BERRY
Campaigning in Wyoming is politics at its most retail level. It's done one voter at a time.
MARY CHENEY
One of our most promising technologies is Super Cruise, which is the working name for an innovative ...
MARY BARRA
I was always nervous before a television show, and I still am now. But 'The Great British Bake O...
MARY BERRY
When you look at the truck market in North America, you have to understand the customer, and that...
MARY BARRA
If you are buying a larger turkey than usual, make sure it will fit in the oven.
MARY BERRY
I mainly cook British food with a few things I've had on my holidays. I went to the Canary Islan...
MARY BERRY
Never tell. Not if you love your wife... In fact, if your old lady walks in on you, deny it. Yeah. J...
MARY BUCKLEY
The test of man is how well he is able to feel about what he thinks. The test of a woman is how we...
MARY MCDOWELL
Liberty, as it is concieved by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift ...
MARY MCCARTY
Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift ...
MARY MCCARTHY
Young writers often mistakenly choose a certain vein or style based on who they want to be, unconsci...
MARY KARR