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Mari Evans: I'm<br>gonna spread out<br>over...

Mari Evans: I'm
gonna spread out
over...

I'm
gonna spread out
over America
intrude
my proud blackness
all
over the...

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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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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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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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Linda Ronstadt: I don't think...

Linda Ronstadt: I don't think...

I don't think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you don't discourage...

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Linda Ronstadt: You have to...

Linda Ronstadt: You have to...

You have to erect a fence and say OK, scale this.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Madonna: Everyone probably thinks...

Madonna: Everyone probably thinks...

Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is...

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Dinah Shore: Bing Crosby sings...

Dinah Shore: Bing Crosby sings...

Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower.

Source: In...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Whenever I was...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Whenever I was...

Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, [Jack] always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flicking away...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: One can not...

Georgia O'Keeffe: One can not...

One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like...

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Sophia Loren: Sex appeal is...

Sophia Loren: Sex appeal is...

Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've...

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Elizabeth Taylor: It is strange......

Elizabeth Taylor: It is strange......

It is strange... that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for...

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Elizabeth Ashley: Absence does not...

Elizabeth Ashley: Absence does not...

Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.

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Thelma Ritter: When a man...

Thelma Ritter: When a man...

When a man and a woman see each other and like each other they ought to come together -- wham -- like a couple of...

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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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Marlene Dietrich: Most women set...

Marlene Dietrich: Most women set...

Most women set out to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.

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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....

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Bessie Smith: It's a long...

Bessie Smith: It's a long...

It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.

Source: Long OId Road,...

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Gypsy Rose Lee: I have everything...

Gypsy Rose Lee: I have everything...

I have everything I had twenty years ago -- except now it's all lower.

Source: In...

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Joan Rivers: Anger is a...

Joan Rivers: Anger is a...

Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly -- hurt, bitterness,...

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