Famous quotes containing the words reading and/or glasses:
“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)
“Altruism is selfishness out with a pair of field glasses and imagination.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)