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Vita Sackville-West: Women, like men,...

Vita Sackville-West: Women, like men,...

Women, like men, ought to have their youth so glutted with freedom they hate the very idea of...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: Your world is...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: Your world is...

Your world is as big as you make it.

Source: In Famous Black Quotations, ed. Janet...

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Lauren Bacall: People should tell...

Lauren Bacall: People should tell...

People should tell your children what life is all about -- it's about work.

Source:...

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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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Marie Dressler: There is a...

Marie Dressler: There is a...

There is a vast difference between success at twenty-five and success at sixty. At sixty, nobody envies you. ...

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Jane Seymour: Live each day...

Jane Seymour: Live each day...

Live each day the fullest you can, not guaranteeing there'll be a tomorrow, not dwelling endlessly on...

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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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Shirley Booth: Why is it...

Shirley Booth: Why is it...

Why is it that men who can go through severe accidents, air raids, and any other major crisis always seems to think...

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Hermione Gingold: Really, sex and...

Hermione Gingold: Really, sex and...

Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered -- and I still do -- which is more...

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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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Louise Brooks: Most beautiful but...

Louise Brooks: Most beautiful but...

Most beautiful but dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't...

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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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Sharon Stone: At first it...

Sharon Stone: At first it...

At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a...

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Mae West: It's not the...

Mae West: It's not the...

It's not the men in my life that counts, it's the life in my men.

Source: In The...

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Ethel Barrymore: The best time...

Ethel Barrymore: The best time...

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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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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Cornelia Otis Skinner: I can't see...

Cornelia Otis Skinner: I can't see...

I can't see how any woman can find time to do to herself all the things that must apparently be done to make herself...

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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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Jane Sherwood Ace: I'm a ragged...

Jane Sherwood Ace: I'm a ragged...

I'm a ragged individualist.

Source: Easy Aces Radio Show, 1928-1945; in The Fine...

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Whoopi Goldberg: You've got to...

Whoopi Goldberg: You've got to...

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

Source: In...

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