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Jeane Kirkpatrick: All of us...

Jeane Kirkpatrick: All of us...

All of us confront limits of body, talent, temperament. But that is not all. We are, all of us, also constrained by...

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Catherine the Great: For to tempt...

Catherine the Great: For to tempt...

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied . . . whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter,...

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Mary Todd Lincoln: My evil genius...

Mary Todd Lincoln: My evil genius...

My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.

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Liza Minnelli: Whenever we were...

Liza Minnelli: Whenever we were...

Whenever we were on a plane, we had a family.

Source: On life with her mother Judy...

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Phyllis Diller: Cleaning your house...

Phyllis Diller: Cleaning your house...

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops...

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Patti Smith: Rock n' roll...

Patti Smith: Rock n' roll...

Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by...

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Lauren Bacall: Looking at yourself...

Lauren Bacall: Looking at yourself...

Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life.

Source: In Daily...

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Sarah Bernhardt: Life begets life....

Sarah Bernhardt: Life begets life....

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

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Jeanne Moreau: Age does not...

Jeanne Moreau: Age does not...

Age does not protect you from love, but love, to some extent, protects you from age.

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Elizabeth Taylor: Success is a...

Elizabeth Taylor: Success is a...

Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.

Source: ABC, 6...

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Patricia Neal: A master can...

Patricia Neal: A master can...

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though awakens your own...

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Loretta Swit: M*A*S*H offered real...

Loretta Swit: M*A*S*H offered real...

M*A*S*H offered real characters and everybody identified with them because they had such soul. The humor was...

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Jacqueline Bisset: You've got to...

Jacqueline Bisset: You've got to...

You've got to work on your voice, it's your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where...

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Donna Reed: When you handle...

Donna Reed: When you handle...

When you handle yourself, use your head; when you handle others, use your heart.

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Kim Cattrall: If you stick...

Kim Cattrall: If you stick...

If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of...

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Joanne Woodward: Sexiness wears thin...

Joanne Woodward: Sexiness wears thin...

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now...

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Tallulah Bankhead: Nobody can be...

Tallulah Bankhead: Nobody can be...

Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Source:...

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Sarah Bernhardt: To be a...

Sarah Bernhardt: To be a...

To be a good actor . . . it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each...

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Jane Sherwood Ace: The chickens have...

Jane Sherwood Ace: The chickens have...

The chickens have come home to roast.

Source: In Peter's Quotations, by Laurence J....

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Carol Burnett: Having a baby...

Carol Burnett: Having a baby...

Having a baby is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

Source:...

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