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Jean Harlow: This place certainly...

Jean Harlow: This place certainly...

This place certainly reeks of hospitality and good cheer, or maybe it's this cheese.

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Lynn Fontanne: Warm the pot...

Lynn Fontanne: Warm the pot...

Warm the pot first, please, then put two heaping teaspoonfuls in the pot no bags in boiling water, and when it's in,...

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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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Dorothy Gish: I wanted to...

Dorothy Gish: I wanted to...

I wanted to be a tragedienne. I only wanted sad parts. When mother read the press notices when I was on the road,...

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Jane Seymour: Even though I...

Jane Seymour: Even though I...

Even though I make those movies, I find myself wishing that more of those magic moments could happen in real...

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Joanna Baillie: Words of affection,...

Joanna Baillie: Words of affection,...

Words of affection, howso'er express'd,
The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.


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Joanna Baillie: He that will...

Joanna Baillie: He that will...

He that will not give some portion of his ease, his blood, his wealth, for other's good, is a poor, frozen...

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Sarah Knowles Bolton: Be glad today,...

Sarah Knowles Bolton: Be glad today,...

Be glad today, tomorrow may bring tears.
Be brave today, the darkest night will pass.
And golden rays will...

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Muriel Rukeyser: Our poems will...

Muriel Rukeyser: Our poems will...

Our poems will have failed if our readers are not brought by them beyond the poems.

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Letitia Landon: How disappointment tracks...

Letitia Landon: How disappointment tracks...

How disappointment tracks the steps of hope.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The splendid discontent...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The splendid discontent...

The splendid discontent of God
With chaos made the world.


Source: Discontent,...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: We flatter those...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: We flatter those...

We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,/And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those...

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Carol Burnett: Words, once they...

Carol Burnett: Words, once they...

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.

Source: In Reader's...

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Sandra Bernhard: Love is the...

Sandra Bernhard: Love is the...

Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth.

Source: In Words of...

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Lily Tomlin: No matter how...

Lily Tomlin: No matter how...

No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.

Source: In 1,911 Best...

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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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Ruby Dee: Among whom the...

Ruby Dee: Among whom the...

Among whom the gods bless, high on the list are the music people, who tune into celestial vibe-brations and give...

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Sharon Stone: A lot of...

Sharon Stone: A lot of...

A lot of people think that fame is the Band-Aid that cures their ills. I'm no kid, and I knew long before I got famous...

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Katharine Hepburn: Acting is the...

Katharine Hepburn: Acting is the...

Acting is the perfect idiot's profession.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Whoopi Goldberg: I am an...

Whoopi Goldberg: I am an...

I am an artist, art has no color and no sex.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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