Janet Flanner Quotes

By jove, no wonder women don't love war nor understand it, nor can operate in it as a rule; it takes a man to suffer what other men have invented.
Janet Flanner

Love, Women, Men

Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.
Janet Flanner

Time, Talent, Genius

I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks.
Janet Flanner

I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.
Janet Flanner

Keep, Flatter, Sentence

She was built for crowds. She has never come any closer to life than the dinner table.
Janet Flanner

Life, She, Dinner

When you look at the startling ruins of Nuremberg, you are looking at a result of the war. When you look at the prisoners on view in the courthouse, you are looking at 22 of the causes.
Janet Flanner

War, Looking, Result

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: March 13, 1892

Died: November 7, 1978

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