Quotes by Moore, Marianne

"A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself."

Moore, Marianne on editing and editors
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"Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity."

Moore, Marianne on egotism   

"Superior people never make long visits."

Moore, Marianne on guests   

"It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing."

Moore, Marianne on indecision   

"When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser."

Moore, Marianne on judgment and judges   

"Poetry is all nouns and verbs."

Moore, Marianne on language   

"War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized."

Moore, Marianne on peace   

"My father used to say superior people never make long visits."

Moore, Marianne on superiority   

"As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust."

Moore, Marianne on trust   

"We are suffering from too much sarcasm."

Moore, Marianne on criticism