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Geena Davis: I finally understand...

Geena Davis: I finally understand...

I finally understand what all the fuss is about now. It's just like a whole other ball...

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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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Mrs Patrick Campbell: To be made...

Mrs Patrick Campbell: To be made...

To be made to hold his tongue is the greatest insult you can offer him -- though he might be ready with a poker to...

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Julia Roberts: If all you...

Julia Roberts: If all you...

If all you have to offer is a look that is suppose to be appealing, then you are going to be paid attention to about a...

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Sophia Loren: Mistakes are part...

Sophia Loren: Mistakes are part...

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Source: In Webster's...

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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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Raquel Welch: We all have...

Raquel Welch: We all have...

We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage...

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Jane Fonda: It's never too...

Jane Fonda: It's never too...

It's never too late -- never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.

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Judy Garland: I was born...

Judy Garland: I was born...

I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.

Source: In Observer...

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Agnes George DeMille: When you perform...

Agnes George DeMille: When you perform...

When you perform . . . you are out of yourself larger and more potent, more beautiful. You are for minutes heroic....

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Hedda Hopper: I can wear...

Hedda Hopper: I can wear...

I can wear a hat or take it off, but either way it's a conversation piece.

Source:...

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Alice Childress: Writers are encouraged...

Alice Childress: Writers are encouraged...

Writers are encouraged to keep 'em laughing and complain with good humor in order to win allies. The joke is always on...

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Sophie Tucker: From birth to...

Sophie Tucker: From birth to...

From birth to 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35, she needs good looks. From 35 to 55, good personality. From...

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Dinah Shore: The best money...

Dinah Shore: The best money...

The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything...

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Imelda Marcos: I get so...

Imelda Marcos: I get so...

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so...

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Maya Ying Lin: You really can't...

Maya Ying Lin: You really can't...

You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist, I make...

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Lynda Barry: Love will make...

Lynda Barry: Love will make...

Love will make a way out of no way.

Source: Big Ideas, 1983.
-- Lynda Barry,...

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Diane Arbus: Most people go...

Diane Arbus: Most people go...

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks are born with their trauma. They've...

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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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Joanna Baillie: Sweet sleep be...

Joanna Baillie: Sweet sleep be...

Sweet sleep be with us, one and all!
And if upon its stillness fall
The visions of a busy brain,
We'll have...

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