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Jean Kerr: Even though a...

Jean Kerr: Even though a...

Even though a number of people have tried, no one has yet found a way to drink for a...

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Jean Kerr: A lawyer is...

Jean Kerr: A lawyer is...

A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job...

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Janet Flanner: Isadore [Duncan], who...

Janet Flanner: Isadore [Duncan], who...

Isadore [Duncan], who had an un-American genius for art, for organizing love, maternity, politics and pedagogy on a...

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Joan Konner: Journalism has always...

Joan Konner: Journalism has always...

Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and [the] special institution...

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Maya Angelou: Life loves the...

Maya Angelou: Life loves the...

Life loves the liver of it.

Source: The Black Scholar Interviews Maya Angelou, Jan...

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Barbara Sher: And our dreams...

Barbara Sher: And our dreams...

And our dreams are who we are.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Kate Chopin: To be an...

Kate Chopin: To be an...

To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts -- absolute gifts -- which have been acquired by one's own...

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Susan Sontag: Any critic is...

Susan Sontag: Any critic is...

Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain lapses of judgment indicate the radical failure of...

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Susan Sontag: American energy. ....

Susan Sontag: American energy. ....

American energy. . . is the energy of violence, of free-floating resentment and anxiety unleashed by chronic cultural...

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Hannah More: Obstacles are those...

Hannah More: Obstacles are those...

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.

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Mary Wilson Little: Politeness is only...

Mary Wilson Little: Politeness is only...

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

Source:...

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Marjorie Holmes: The man who...

Marjorie Holmes: The man who...

The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.

Source: Love and...

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Peggy Noonan: If you join...

Peggy Noonan: If you join...

If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when...

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Charlotte Bunch: The state of...

Charlotte Bunch: The state of...

The state of the world today demands that women become less modest and dream/plan/act/risk on a larger...

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Helen Rowland: Home' is any...

Helen Rowland: Home' is any...

'Home' is any four walls that enclose the right person.

Source: Reflections of a...

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Sylvia Pankhurst: Love and freedom...

Sylvia Pankhurst: Love and freedom...

Love and freedom are vital to the creation and upbringing of a child.

Source:...

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Rose Kennedy: I've had an...

Rose Kennedy: I've had an...

I've had an exciting life; I married for love and got a little money along with it.

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Freda Adler: Stripped of ethical...

Freda Adler: Stripped of ethical...

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses...

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Anna Julia Cooper: . . ....

Anna Julia Cooper: . . ....

. . . women are more quiet. They don't feel called to mount a barrel and harangue by the hour every time they imagine...

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Gertrude Stein: Considering how dangerous...

Gertrude Stein: Considering how dangerous...

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really frightening.

Source: In...

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