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Mary Kay Ash: A good goal...

Mary Kay Ash: A good goal...

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise -- it makes you stretch.

Source: In Words...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: No question is...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: No question is...

No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.


Source: Settle the...

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Jean Rhys: The feeling of...

Jean Rhys: The feeling of...

The feeling of Sunday is the same everywhere, heavy, melancholy, standing still. Like when they say, As it was in...

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Rebecca West: Most works of...

Rebecca West: Most works of...

Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their...

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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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Julia Roberts: They say I...

Julia Roberts: They say I...

They say I can open movies, and that's nice in that it puts into people's minds that women can do it. It's not just...

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Ernestine L Rose: She had her...

Ernestine L Rose: She had her...

She had her reward! -- that reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious --...

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Rebecca West: The main difference...

Rebecca West: The main difference...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

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Marie Dressler: I have no...

Marie Dressler: I have no...

I have no patience with women who measure and weigh their love like a country doctor dispensing capsules. If a man is...

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Meridel Le Sueur: These are the...

Meridel Le Sueur: These are the...

These are the stories that never, never die, that are carried like seed into a new country, are told to you and me and...

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George Eliot: We hand folks...

George Eliot: We hand folks...

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

Source: Adam Bede, ch....

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Dorothy Height: We have to...

Dorothy Height: We have to...

We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. ...

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Roseanne Barr: I know how...

Roseanne Barr: I know how...

I know how to do anything -- I'm a mom.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Julia Child: It's so beautifully...

Julia Child: It's so beautifully...

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate -- you know someone's fingers have been all over...

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Nancy Astor: Pioneers may be...

Nancy Astor: Pioneers may be...

Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.

Source:...

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Fay Weldon: The New Women!...

Fay Weldon: The New Women!...

The New Women! I could barely recognize them as being of the same sex as myself . . . .They are satiated by...

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Maya Angelou: I try to...

Maya Angelou: I try to...

I try to live what I consider a poetic existence. That means I take responsibility for the air I breathe and the...

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Dolores Huerta: If you haven't...

Dolores Huerta: If you haven't...

If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others.

Source: In...

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Jessamyn West: Delay breeds fear....

Jessamyn West: Delay breeds fear....

Delay breeds fear.

Source: The Life I Really Lived, 1975
-- Jessamyn West, (Jul...

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Anzia Yezierska: Like all people...

Anzia Yezierska: Like all people...

Like all people who have nothing, I lived on dreams.

Source: The Miracle.
--...

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