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Vita Sackville-West: Nothing shows up...

Vita Sackville-West: Nothing shows up...

Nothing shows up the difference between the things said or read, so much as the daily experience of...

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Lorraine Hansberry: The thing that...

Lorraine Hansberry: The thing that...

The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you...

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Kathleen Turner: You're not too...

Kathleen Turner: You're not too...

You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man.

Source: Turner, as Matty...

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Sophia Loren: A woman's dress...

Sophia Loren: A woman's dress...

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the...

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Lauren Bacall: You know you...

Lauren Bacall: You know you...

'You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything. Not...

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Roseanne Barr: I know how...

Roseanne Barr: I know how...

I know how to do anything -- I'm a mom.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Carol Burnett: Are we having...

Carol Burnett: Are we having...

Are we having fun yet?

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection,...

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Phylicia Rashad: When you're free...

Phylicia Rashad: When you're free...

When you're free from the idea of doership then something else within you emerges. It is...

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Shelley Winters: Every now and...

Shelley Winters: Every now and...

Every now and then, when you're on stage, you hear the best sound a player can hear. It's a sound you can't get in...

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Elizabeth Ashley: I see the...

Elizabeth Ashley: I see the...

I see the mind of the 5-year-old as a volcano with two vents: destructiveness and...

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Elizabeth Ashley: In a great...

Elizabeth Ashley: In a great...

In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes.

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Marjorie Main: Personally, I wouldn't...

Marjorie Main: Personally, I wouldn't...

Personally, I wouldn't marry a man who proposed to me over an invention.

Source:...

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Jacqueline Bisset: The thing about...

Jacqueline Bisset: The thing about...

The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn and in terms of acting, there's a lot...

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Meryl Streep: Integrate what you...

Meryl Streep: Integrate what you...

Integrate what you believe into every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of...

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Marie Dressler: I have no...

Marie Dressler: I have no...

I have no patience with women who measure and weigh their love like a country doctor dispensing capsules. If a man is...

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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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Jane Fonda: You can do...

Jane Fonda: You can do...

You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast...

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Marlene Dietrich: Think twice before...

Marlene Dietrich: Think twice before...

Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Liza Minnelli: It was no...

Liza Minnelli: It was no...

It was no great tragedy being Judy Garland's daughter. I had tremendously interesting childhood years -- except they...

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Elayne Boosler: Ever notice that...

Elayne Boosler: Ever notice that...

Ever notice that Soup For One is eight aisles away from Party Mix?

Source: From an...

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