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Jane Wagner: I made some...

Jane Wagner: I made some...

I made some studies, and reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. I can take it in small...

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Betty Carter: After me there...

Betty Carter: After me there...

After me there are no more jazz singers . . . It's a crime that no little singer is back there sockin' it to me in my...

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Alice Childress: Writers are encouraged...

Alice Childress: Writers are encouraged...

Writers are encouraged to keep 'em laughing and complain with good humor in order to win allies. The joke is always on...

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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: Most people go...

Diane Arbus: Most people go...

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks are born with their trauma. They've...

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Mary Kay Ash: A good goal...

Mary Kay Ash: A good goal...

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise -- it makes you stretch.

Source: In Words...

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Coco Chanel: There is time...

Coco Chanel: There is time...

There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.

Source: In...

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Grandma Moses: . . ....

Grandma Moses: . . ....

. . . daydreams, as it were . . . I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different...

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Diane Arbus: I really believe...

Diane Arbus: I really believe...

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A concept is...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A concept is...

A concept is stronger than a fact.

Source: Human Work, 1904.
-- Charlotte...

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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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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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Julia Roberts: If all you...

Julia Roberts: If all you...

If all you have to offer is a look that is suppose to be appealing, the you are going to be paid attention to about a...

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Dorothy Gish: Do you know...

Dorothy Gish: Do you know...

Do you know New York stifles me? It makes me so unhappy. There are so many things I want, and so many things I...

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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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Rita Dove: Under adversity, under...

Rita Dove: Under adversity, under...

Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In colder to convey things...

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Alice Meynell: Happiness is not...

Alice Meynell: Happiness is not...

Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.

Source:...

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Madonna: Everyone probably thinks...

Madonna: Everyone probably thinks...

Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is...

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Christina Aguilera: It [The Mickey...

Christina Aguilera: It [The Mickey...

It [The Mickey Mouse Club] was a great way to grow up. I loved being around kids who had the same passions I...

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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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