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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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Bernice Johnson Reagon: I learned that...

Bernice Johnson Reagon: I learned that...

I learned that if you bring black people together, you bring them together with a song. To this day, I don't...

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Marian Anderson: Prayer begins where...

Marian Anderson: Prayer begins where...

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Pearl Bailey: There are two...

Pearl Bailey: There are two...

There are two kinds of talents, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard....

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Dolly Parton: You'd be surprised...

Dolly Parton: You'd be surprised...

You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap.

Source: In 1,911 Best...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: If you bungle...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: If you bungle...

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do well matters very...

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Coco Chanel: Success is often...

Coco Chanel: Success is often...

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

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Diane Arbus: You see someone...

Diane Arbus: You see someone...

You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.

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Ethel Barrymore: You grow up...

Ethel Barrymore: You grow up...

You grow up the day you have the first real laugh -- at yourself.

Source: In The...

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Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood is a...

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood is a...

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a 1000 dollars for a kiss and 50 cents for your...

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Mary Pickford: Make them laugh,...

Mary Pickford: Make them laugh,...

Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. . ....

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Marlo Thomas: A man has...

Marlo Thomas: A man has...

A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on...

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Elizabeth Ashley: Absence does not...

Elizabeth Ashley: Absence does not...

Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.

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Jean Harlow: One day when...

Jean Harlow: One day when...

One day when he was eating a cookie he offered me a bite. Don't underestimate that. The poor guy's so frightened of...

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Lynn Fontanne: We can be...

Lynn Fontanne: We can be...

We can be bought, but we can't be bored.

Source: On offers from Hollywood,...

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Mrs Patrick Campbell: Wedlock - the...

Mrs Patrick Campbell: Wedlock - the...

Wedlock - the deep, deep peace of the double bed after the hurly-burly of the...

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Shirley Booth: Actors should be...

Shirley Booth: Actors should be...

Actors should be overheard, not listened to, and the audience is fifty percent of the...

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Lauren Bacall: When a woman...

Lauren Bacall: When a woman...

When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on. It doesn't...

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Goldie Hawn: Once you can...

Goldie Hawn: Once you can...

Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If...

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: In trying to...

Helen Gahagan Douglas: In trying to...

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been...

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