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Minna Thomas Antrim: The morals of...

Minna Thomas Antrim: The morals of...

The morals of today are the immorals of yesterday, the creeds of tomorrow.

Source:...

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Jean Kerr: You don't seem...

Jean Kerr: You don't seem...

You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy....

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Candice Bergen: People see you...

Candice Bergen: People see you...

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have...

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Elayne Boosler: I'm just a...

Elayne Boosler: I'm just a...

I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Amie Comeaux: I'm moving out<br>Me...

Amie Comeaux: I'm moving out
Me...

I'm moving out
Me and my best friend Louise got it all figured out
She's got the car and I've got the...

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Amie Comeaux: Some things are...

Amie Comeaux: Some things are...

Some things are meant to happen
Some things are bound to be
Love has a way of making doubting hearts...

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Alice Childress: I think women...

Alice Childress: I think women...

I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another, it's a very deep...

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Alice Childress: It becomes almost...

Alice Childress: It becomes almost...

It becomes almost second nature to be on guard against the creative pattern of our own...

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Louise Erdrich: You know, some...

Louise Erdrich: You know, some...

You know, some people fall right through the hole in their lives. It's invisible, but they come to it after time,...

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Zora Neale Hurston: I want a...

Zora Neale Hurston: I want a...

I want a busy life, a just mind and a timely death.

Source: Dust Tracks on a Road,...

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Zora Neale Hurston: When a man...

Zora Neale Hurston: When a man...

When a man keeps beating me to the draw mentally, he begins to get glamorous.

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Sarah Josepha Hale: There is no...

Sarah Josepha Hale: There is no...

There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of...

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Christina Rossetti: So now in...

Christina Rossetti: So now in...

So now in patience I possess
My soul year after tedious year,
Content to take the lowest place
The place...

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Mary Pickford: I was forced...

Mary Pickford: I was forced...

I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young...

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Ava Gardner: Everybody kisses everybody...

Ava Gardner: Everybody kisses everybody...

Everybody kisses everybody else in this crummy business all the time. It's the kissiest business in the...

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Jeanne Moreau: Some people are...

Jeanne Moreau: Some people are...

Some people are addicts. If they don't act, they don't exist.

Source: In...

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Debra Winger: I have a...

Debra Winger: I have a...

I have a thing with the camera. The lens is unconditional. It doesn't judge you.

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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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Deborah Kerr: Years from now,...

Deborah Kerr: Years from now,...

Years from now, when you talk about this, and you will, be kind.

Source: In Tea and...

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Vera-Ellen: What does it...

Vera-Ellen: What does it...

What does it matter? They're both famous.

Source: As Judy Haynes, discussing which...

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