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Mary Caroline Richards: It helps, I...

Mary Caroline Richards: It helps, I...

It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very long journey: the main thing is to keep to the faith, to endure, to...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: The dead of...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: The dead of...

The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.

Source: Poems, 1792.
-- Anna...

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Lauren Bacall: You know you...

Lauren Bacall: You know you...

'You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything. Not...

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Cornelia Otis Skinner: It is disturbing...

Cornelia Otis Skinner: It is disturbing...

It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is...

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Goldie Hawn: There are only...

Goldie Hawn: There are only...

There are only three ages for women in Hollywood -- Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss...

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Shirley Temple Black: Dr. Kissinger was...

Shirley Temple Black: Dr. Kissinger was...

Dr. Kissinger was surprised that I knew where Ghana was.

Source: In The Last Word -...

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Phylicia Rashad: When you're free...

Phylicia Rashad: When you're free...

When you're free from the idea of doership then something else within you emerges. It is...

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Mary Tyler Moore: Sometimes you have...

Mary Tyler Moore: Sometimes you have...

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.

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Pearl Bailey: People see God...

Pearl Bailey: People see God...

People see God every day, they just don't recognize Him.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Wilma Pearl Mankiller: A lot of...

Wilma Pearl Mankiller: A lot of...

A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they'd like to be chief. There's been a change...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: It helped her...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: It helped her...

It helped her [Caroline] learn that something you create yourself is the best kind of...

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Pat Nixon: I have sacrificed...

Pat Nixon: I have sacrificed...

I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious in order to advance the political career of my...

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Simone Signoret: If Marilyn is...

Simone Signoret: If Marilyn is...

If Marilyn is in love with my husband it proves she has good taste, for I am in love with him...

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Maya Ying Lin: If you don't...

Maya Ying Lin: If you don't...

If you don't learn history accurately, how can you learn?

Source: In First She...

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Coco Chanel: Those who create...

Coco Chanel: Those who create...

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are...

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Beth Henley: That's what I...

Beth Henley: That's what I...

That's what I like about [smoking] . . . taking a drag off of death, Mmm! Gives me a sense of controlling my own...

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Beth Henley: He started hating...

Beth Henley: He started hating...

He started hating me, cause I couldn't laugh at his jokes. I just started finding it impossible to laugh at his jokes...

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Nathalie Sarraute: . . ....

Nathalie Sarraute: . . ....

. . . what is hidden beneath the interior monologue: an immense profusion of sensations, images, sentiments, memories,...

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Shirley Jones: The musicals had...

Shirley Jones: The musicals had...

The musicals had a good, happy feeling, saying that the world is a better place. They say it's not reality, but who...

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Barbra Streisand: The malignant neglect...

Barbra Streisand: The malignant neglect...

The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country's immune system, environmentally,...

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