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Anne Sophie Swetchine: The mind wears...

Anne Sophie Swetchine: The mind wears...

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

Source: In...

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Anne Sophie Swetchine: In order to...

Anne Sophie Swetchine: In order to...

In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A...

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Barbara Jordan: We must exchange...

Barbara Jordan: We must exchange...

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse -- what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of...

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Patricia Schroeder: Many women have...

Patricia Schroeder: Many women have...

Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be...

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Bernadette Devlin: It wasn't long...

Bernadette Devlin: It wasn't long...

It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into...

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Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more,...

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Ingrid Bergman: I have no...

Ingrid Bergman: I have no...

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to...

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Glenda Jackson: I look forward...

Glenda Jackson: I look forward...

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Deborah Kerr: Personally, I think...

Deborah Kerr: Personally, I think...

Personally, I think if a woman hasn't met the right man by the time she's 24, she may be...

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Loretta Swit: I just can't...

Loretta Swit: I just can't...

I just can't wait to get out there on stage. There's no anxiety at all. I love being able to take this journey with...

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Eleonora Duse: If the sight...

Eleonora Duse: If the sight...

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move...

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Eleonora Duse: . . ....

Eleonora Duse: . . ....

. . . does it seem to you that it is possible to speak of Art? It would be the same as explaining...

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Donna Reed: If nuclear power...

Donna Reed: If nuclear power...

If nuclear power plants are safe, let the commerical insurance industry insure them. Until these most expert judges of...

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Dorothy Gish: We do not...

Dorothy Gish: We do not...

We do not get paid the exorbitant salaries folk believe, but because of our wealthy reputation we are made to suffer...

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Vera-Ellen: Well, you're not...

Vera-Ellen: Well, you're not...

Well, you're not exactly Superman, but you're awfully available.

Source: On...

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Vita Sackville-West: Women, like men,...

Vita Sackville-West: Women, like men,...

Women, like men, ought to have their youth so glutted with freedom they hate the very idea of...

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Charlotte Bronte: Life is so...

Charlotte Bronte: Life is so...

Life is so constructed that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

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Lucille Clifton: i keep hearing...

Lucille Clifton: i keep hearing...

i keep hearing
tree talk
water words
and i keep knowing what they mean.


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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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Kathe Kollwitz: To this day...

Kathe Kollwitz: To this day...

To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed...

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