Welcome to the Quotable Women Collection

Quotable Women, like BeMoreCreative.com, encourages thinking, working, and living more creatively. Creativity is "the power to connect the seemingly unconnected" (W. Plommer). To support this work, we earn a small affiliate commission. Please browse creatively!


Rita Dove: What's invisible<br>sings, and...

Rita Dove: What's invisible
sings, and...

What's invisible
sings, and we bear witness.


Source: The Hill Has Something to...

More about this quote

Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Nothing will do...

Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Nothing will do...

Nothing will do me any good unless I learn to control this body of mine.

Source: In...

More about this quote

Anne Spencer: Let me learn...

Anne Spencer: Let me learn...

Let me learn now where Beauty is;
I was born to know her mysteries . . .


Source:...

More about this quote

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...

More about this quote

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...

More about this quote

Shirley Jones: We can't negate...

Shirley Jones: We can't negate...

We can't negate television. Unfortunately, I do feel in many ways that it did kill my movie career. It did do that....

More about this quote

Alberta Hunter: I'm having a...

Alberta Hunter: I'm having a...

I'm having a good time,
Please don't blame me,
I'm knocking myself out
Don't try to tame me
Let me have my...

More about this quote

Agnes George DeMille: Living is a...

Agnes George DeMille: Living is a...

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what's next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a...

More about this quote

Joan Rivers: People say that...

Joan Rivers: People say that...

People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key...

More about this quote

Phyllis Diller: I've been asked...

Phyllis Diller: I've been asked...

I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband, Fang. How about short and...

More about this quote

Ethel Barrymore: Wrinkles should only...

Ethel Barrymore: Wrinkles should only...

Wrinkles should only indicate where smiles have been.

Source: In Words of Women...

More about this quote

Katharine Hepburn: Enemies are so...

Katharine Hepburn: Enemies are so...

Enemies are so stimulating.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

More about this quote

Lillian Gish: Never get caught...

Lillian Gish: Never get caught...

Never get caught acting.

Source:
-- Lillian Gish, (Oct 14 1893-1993), US...

More about this quote

Whoopi Goldberg: The art of...

Whoopi Goldberg: The art of...

The art of acting is to be other than what you are.

Source: In What's Whoopi...

More about this quote

Berenice Abbott: Some people are...

Berenice Abbott: Some people are...

Some people are still unaware that reality contains unparalleled beauties. The fantastic and unexpected, the...

More about this quote

Michelle Pfeiffer: I like being...

Michelle Pfeiffer: I like being...

I like being prepared. When things are going on and I have to learn my lines at the last minute, I'm never quite...

More about this quote

Mrs Patrick Campbell: When you were...

Mrs Patrick Campbell: When you were...

When you were quite a little boy somebody ought to have said 'hush' just once.

More about this quote

Zora Neale Hurston: If you haven't...

Zora Neale Hurston: If you haven't...

If you haven't got it,
you can't show it.
If you have got it,
you can't hide it.


More about this quote

Charlotte Bronte: Look twice before...

Charlotte Bronte: Look twice before...

Look twice before you leap.

Source: Shirley, ch. 9, 1849.
-- Charlotte Bronte,...

More about this quote

Janet Erskine Stuart: All sorts of...

Janet Erskine Stuart: All sorts of...

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.

Source:...

More about this quote

Page 196 of 329


(C)2026 Quotable Women - All Rights Reserved.

Quotable Women
Harrisonburg, VA