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Gail Parent: Do you want...

Gail Parent: Do you want...

Do you want to live in a world where a man Iies about calories?

Source: The Facts,...

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Barbara Bush: Believe in something...

Barbara Bush: Believe in something...

Believe in something larger than yourself.

Source: Speech, 1990.
-- Barbara...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: A man in...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: A man in...

A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished.

Source: In...

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Debra Winger: I don't believe...

Debra Winger: I don't believe...

I don't believe in careers. I believe in work. I'm not interested in some 'big picture that would be really good for...

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Geena Davis: If you risk...

Geena Davis: If you risk...

If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.

Source: in the Vanity Fair.
--...

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Julia Roberts: What's nice about...

Julia Roberts: What's nice about...

What's nice about my dating life is that I don't have to leave my house. All I have to do is read the paper: I'm...

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Wendy Wasserstein: The real reason...

Wendy Wasserstein: The real reason...

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

Source: Interviews with...

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Lorraine Hansberry: Never be afraid...

Lorraine Hansberry: Never be afraid...

Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.

Source:
-- Lorraine Hansberry, (May 19...

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May Swenson: Human double-barreled eyes,<br>in...

May Swenson: Human double-barreled eyes,
in...

Human double-barreled eyes,
in their narrow blind,
hope to shoot and hit
-- if they can find it
-- the...

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Edith Head: Your dresses should...

Edith Head: Your dresses should...

Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a...

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Marianne Moore: A writer is...

Marianne Moore: A writer is...

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

Source:...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: No one can...

Eleanor Roosevelt: No one can...

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Source: This is My Story,...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do...

Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do...

You must do the thing that you think you cannot do.

Source: In The Book of Success,...

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Barbara Jordan: I felt somehow...

Barbara Jordan: I felt somehow...

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through...

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Eva Peron: Our President has...

Eva Peron: Our President has...

Our President has declared that the only privileged person in our country are the...

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Eva Peron: If I fall,...

Eva Peron: If I fall,...

If I fall, look out for the crash. There won't be anyone left standing.

Source:...

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Corazon Aquino: As our country...

Corazon Aquino: As our country...

As our country bled . . . its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new human order, this when...

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Margaret Chase Smith: One of the...

Margaret Chase Smith: One of the...

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They...

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Jennie Jerome Churchill: There is no...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: There is no...

There is no such thing as a moral dress -- it's people who are moral or immoral.

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Most virtue is...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Most virtue is...

Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.

Source: Quoted in: My Country 'tis...

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