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Julie Andrews: All love shifts...

Julie Andrews: All love shifts...

All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the...

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Ilka Chase: Among famous traitors...

Ilka Chase: Among famous traitors...

Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather.

Source: The Varied...

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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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Beatrice Lillie: I took up...

Beatrice Lillie: I took up...

I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking...

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Rita Rudner: My husband gave...

Rita Rudner: My husband gave...

My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want...

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Joan Baez: The only thing...

Joan Baez: The only thing...

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of...

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Mahalia Jackson: It is easy...

Mahalia Jackson: It is easy...

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing -- that's the...

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Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

[The musicians] that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all...

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Amie Comeaux: I'm moving out<br>Me...

Amie Comeaux: I'm moving out
Me...

I'm moving out
Me and my best friend Louise got it all figured out
She's got the car and I've got the...

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Mahalia Jackson: God can make...

Mahalia Jackson: God can make...

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

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Zora Neale Hurston: No matter how...

Zora Neale Hurston: No matter how...

No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.

Source: In...

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Nathalie Sarraute: . . ....

Nathalie Sarraute: . . ....

. . . what is hidden beneath the interior monologue: an immense profusion of sensations, images, sentiments, memories,...

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Janet Erskine Stuart: Don't wait for...

Janet Erskine Stuart: Don't wait for...

Don't wait for ideal circumstances; they will never come; nor for the best opportunities.

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Stevie Smith: Marred pleasure's best,...

Stevie Smith: Marred pleasure's best,...

Marred pleasure's best, shadow makes the sun strong.

Source: The Queen and the...

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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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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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Mary Tyler Moore: Pain nourishes courage....

Mary Tyler Moore: Pain nourishes courage....

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to...

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Ingrid Bergman: A kiss is...

Ingrid Bergman: A kiss is...

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

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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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Debra Winger: I have a...

Debra Winger: I have a...

I have a thing with the camera. The lens is unconditional. It doesn't judge you.

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