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Janet Erskine Stuart: The great thing...

Janet Erskine Stuart: The great thing...

The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got...

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Marlo Thomas: One of the...

Marlo Thomas: One of the...

One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally...

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Glenda Jackson: I look forward...

Glenda Jackson: I look forward...

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Glenda Jackson: My money goes...

Glenda Jackson: My money goes...

My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.

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Mrs Patrick Campbell: Do you know...

Mrs Patrick Campbell: Do you know...

Do you know why God withheld the sense of humour from women?
That we may love you instead of laughing at...

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Jacqueline Bisset: Success as a...

Jacqueline Bisset: Success as a...

Success as a woman has changed me. That's what I feel is the first thing. When I feel like a successful woman as a...

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Lana Turner: You're trying to...

Lana Turner: You're trying to...

You're trying to cheapen me. But you won't. Not me. Oh, I'll make it, Mr. Loomis, but it'll be my...

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Sharon Stone: The philosophy of...

Sharon Stone: The philosophy of...

The philosophy of being able as a woman to decide what you want and being unashamed about making it happen was new....

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Edith Evans: . . ....

Edith Evans: . . ....

. . . actresses are such very dull people off the stage. We are only delightful and brilliant when we are doing what...

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Carrie Fisher: I am a...

Carrie Fisher: I am a...

I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by...

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Lily Tomlin: Instead of working...

Lily Tomlin: Instead of working...

Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- then we...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: I decided that...

Georgia O'Keeffe: I decided that...

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its...

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Ruth Etting: It pays to...

Ruth Etting: It pays to...

It pays to advertise
That's what they say,
and so I'll advertise my heart.


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Pearl Bailey: A man without...

Pearl Bailey: A man without...

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his...

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Miriam Makeba: Ours was a...

Miriam Makeba: Ours was a...

Ours was a marriage, a love affair -- the land would nurture us, and we would honor the land. But the land was too...

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Pearl Bailey: You never find...

Pearl Bailey: You never find...

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Suzanne Vega: Today I am<br>a...

Suzanne Vega: Today I am
a...

Today I am
a small blue thing
Like a marble
or an eye


Source: Small Blue...

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Susan Sarandon: I believe in...

Susan Sarandon: I believe in...

I believe in using words, not fists... I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I...

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Beth Henley: He started hating...

Beth Henley: He started hating...

He started hating me, cause I couldn't laugh at his jokes. I just started finding it impossible to laugh at his jokes...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Nothing that God...

Zora Neale Hurston: Nothing that God...

Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That is natural.

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