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Helen Rowland: A fool and...

Helen Rowland: A fool and...

A fool and her money are soon courted.

Source: A Guide to Men, First Interlude ...

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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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Michelle Pfeiffer: I'm a perfectionist,...

Michelle Pfeiffer: I'm a perfectionist,...

I'm a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad -- and other people, too. At the same time, I think that's one of the...

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Lily Tomlin: Just remember, we're...

Lily Tomlin: Just remember, we're...

Just remember, we're all in this alone.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Mariah Carey: My mother is...

Mariah Carey: My mother is...

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me -- I'm tan, I guess.

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Mariah Carey: This is for...

Mariah Carey: This is for...

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when...

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Mariah Carey: Butterflies are always...

Mariah Carey: Butterflies are always...

Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.

Source:...

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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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Jane Fonda: You can do...

Jane Fonda: You can do...

You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast...

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Sarah Siddons: . . ....

Sarah Siddons: . . ....

. . . I believe one half of the world is born for the convenience of the other half . . .

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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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Ella Fitzgerald: I guess what...

Ella Fitzgerald: I guess what...

I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is...

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Alice Childress: The Black writer...

Alice Childress: The Black writer...

The Black writer explains pain to those who inflict it.

Source: A Candle in a Gale...

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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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Anna Letitia Barbauld: Forgotten rimes, and...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: Forgotten rimes, and...

Forgotten rimes, and college themes,
Worm-eaten plans, and embryo schemes;
A mass of heterogeneous matter.
A...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Tis easy enough...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Tis easy enough...

Tis easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song;
But the man worth while is the one who will...

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Bette Davis: Discipline is a...

Bette Davis: Discipline is a...

Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too...

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Marsha Norman: We are not...

Marsha Norman: We are not...

We are not afraid to look under the bed, or to wash the sheets; we know that life is messy. We know that somebody has...

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Terry McMillan: It's sad to...

Terry McMillan: It's sad to...

It's sad to think that we've gotten to this that we actually have to think about how to go about finding a man. But...

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Ethel Watts Mumford: Knowledge is power,...

Ethel Watts Mumford: Knowledge is power,...

Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.

Source: In Readers'...

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