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Emily Carr: You always feel...

Emily Carr: You always feel...

You always feel when you look it straight in the eye that you could have put more into it, could have let yourself go...

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Coco Chanel: In order to...

Coco Chanel: In order to...

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

Source: Coco Chanel: Her...

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Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood is a...

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood is a...

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a 1000 dollars for a kiss and 50 cents for your...

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Mary Pickford: It would have...

Mary Pickford: It would have...

It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way...

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Mary Pickford: One of the...

Mary Pickford: One of the...

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most...

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Lauren Bacall: Imagination is the...

Lauren Bacall: Imagination is the...

Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly.

Source: In Lauren Bacall, By...

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Jean Harlow: One day when...

Jean Harlow: One day when...

One day when he was eating a cookie he offered me a bite. Don't underestimate that. The poor guy's so frightened of...

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Loretta Swit: The very first...

Loretta Swit: The very first...

The very first month I played it [Shirley Valentine] I felt like I was flying without a net. But once I realized that...

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Marjorie Main: PA: Ought'a put...

Marjorie Main: PA: Ought'a put...

PA: Ought'a put up a towel rack ma . . . .
MA: No one is stopping you, that I know of . ....

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Meryl Streep: You can't get...

Meryl Streep: You can't get...

You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.

Source:
-- Meryl Streep, (Jun...

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Anouk Aimee: The more the...

Anouk Aimee: The more the...

The more the years go by, the less I know. But if you give explanations and understand everything, then nothing can...

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Joan Collins: The easiest way...

Joan Collins: The easiest way...

The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for...

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Elizabeth Coatsworth: During much of...

Elizabeth Coatsworth: During much of...

During much of my life I was anxious to be what someone else wanted me to be. Now I have given up that struggle. I am...

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Alice Dunbar-Nelson: In every race,...

Alice Dunbar-Nelson: In every race,...

In every race, in every nation, and in every clime in every period of history there is always an eager-eyed group of...

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Letitia Landon: No thoroughly occupied...

Letitia Landon: No thoroughly occupied...

No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Letitia Landon: Were it not...

Letitia Landon: Were it not...

Were it not better to forget
Than to remember and regret?


Source: From an...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: There is new...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: There is new...

There is new strength, repose of mind, and inspiration in fresh apparel.

Source: In...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Like the waves...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Like the waves...

Like the waves of the sea are the ways of fate as we voyage thru life. 'Tis the set of the soul which decides its...

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Vera Brittain: I can think...

Vera Brittain: I can think...

I can think of few important movements for reform in which success was won by any method other than that of an...

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Barbra Streisand: They're called angels...

Barbra Streisand: They're called angels...

They're called angels because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.

Source:...

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