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Meryl Streep: Don't let your...

Meryl Streep: Don't let your...

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth -- don't let...

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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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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: The one thing...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: The one thing...

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

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Julie Andrews: Some people regard...

Julie Andrews: Some people regard...

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to...

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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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Ma Rainey: You ll never...

Ma Rainey: You ll never...

You ll never miss the sunshine till the rain begin to fall
Never miss the sunshine till the rain begin to...

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Joan Rivers: Yeah, I read...

Joan Rivers: Yeah, I read...

Yeah, I read history. But it doesn't make you nice. Hitler read history, too.

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Phyllis Diller: A smile is...

Phyllis Diller: A smile is...

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Amie Comeaux: One step from...

Amie Comeaux: One step from...

One step from a heartache
Two steps from the blues
So close to a teardrop
I know what you were gonna...

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Jane Wagner: I personally think...

Jane Wagner: I personally think...

I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.

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Lana Turner: I'm so gullible....

Lana Turner: I'm so gullible....

I'm so gullible. I'm so damn gullible. And I am so sick, of me being gullible.

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Tallulah Bankhead: I have three...

Tallulah Bankhead: I have three...

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I...

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Ingrid Bergman: You must train...

Ingrid Bergman: You must train...

You must train your intuition -- you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what...

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Sophia Loren: When you are...

Sophia Loren: When you are...

When you are a mother you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for...

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Goldie Hawn: How long can...

Goldie Hawn: How long can...

How long can you be cute?

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success, by...

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Shirley Temple Black: Mr. President, I...

Shirley Temple Black: Mr. President, I...

Mr. President, I don't know why it took us 200 years for one of us to get the job [of...

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Elsa Schiaparelli: Women dress alike...

Elsa Schiaparelli: Women dress alike...

Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.

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Gloria Vanderbilt: . . ....

Gloria Vanderbilt: . . ....

. . . that is the best -- to laugh with someone because you both think the same things are...

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Sara Teasdale: I have no...

Sara Teasdale: I have no...

I have no riches but my thoughts,
Yet these are wealth enough for me.


Source:...

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Marsha Norman: Dreams are illustrations...

Marsha Norman: Dreams are illustrations...

Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.

Source: The...

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