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Candice Bergen: Living in L.A....

Candice Bergen: Living in L.A....

Living in L.A. is like not having a date on Saturday night.

Source: In The Book of...

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Agnes George DeMille: No trumpets sound...

Agnes George DeMille: No trumpets sound...

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known...

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Elayne Boosler: My ancestors wandered...

Elayne Boosler: My ancestors wandered...

My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask...

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Margaret Cho: Love is the...

Margaret Cho: Love is the...

Love is the big booming beat which covers up the noise of hate.

Source: In...

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Alice Childress: The twisted circumstances...

Alice Childress: The twisted circumstances...

The twisted circumstances under which we live is grist for the writing mill, the loving, hating and discovering,...

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Sharon Stone: We Barbie dolls...

Sharon Stone: We Barbie dolls...

We Barbie dolls are not supposed to behave the way I do.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Mae West: When it comes...

Mae West: When it comes...

When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of...

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Rosalind Russell: Success is a...

Rosalind Russell: Success is a...

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

Source: Life Is a...

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Terry McMillan: Too many of...

Terry McMillan: Too many of...

Too many of us are hung up on what we don't have, can't have, or won't ever have. We spend too much energy being down,...

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Nathalie Sarraute: Suspicion. . ....

Nathalie Sarraute: Suspicion. . ....

Suspicion. . . is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another...

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Gwendolyn Brooks: It is brave...

Gwendolyn Brooks: It is brave...

It is brave to be involved
To be not fearful to be unresolved.


Source: do not...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: I've learned of...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: I've learned of...

I've learned of life this bitter truth
Hope not between the crumbling walls Of mankind's gratitude to find...

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Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . ....

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Joanna Baillie: O! who shall...

Joanna Baillie: O! who shall...

O! who shall lightly say that fame
is nothing but an empty name?


Source: The...

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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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Muriel Rukeyser: However confused the...

Muriel Rukeyser: However confused the...

However confused the scene of our life appears,
however torn we may be who now do face that scene,
it can be...

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Caroline Sheridan Norton: They serve God...

Caroline Sheridan Norton: They serve God...

They serve God well, who serve his creatures.

Source: The Lady of LaGaraye,...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: One ship drives...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: One ship drives...

One ship drives east and another drives west
With the selfsame winds that flow.
'Tis the set of sails and not...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The two kinds...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The two kinds...

The two kinds of people on earth that I mean
Are the people who lift and the people who...

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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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