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Sara Jeannette Duncan: If you have...

Sara Jeannette Duncan: If you have...

If you have anything to tell me of importance, for God's sake begin at the end.

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Ann Oakley: In our defence...

Ann Oakley: In our defence...

In our defence of biology and its mystique we are blind to the dangers of power. Women as the guardians of children...

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Kathryn Hulme: The awesome antiphon...

Kathryn Hulme: The awesome antiphon...

The awesome antiphon swelled in the dark and expanded.

Source: On music at early...

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Clara McBride Hale: When I'm gone,...

Clara McBride Hale: When I'm gone,...

When I'm gone, somebody else will take it up and do it. This is how we've lived all these...

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Helen Keller: My share of...

Helen Keller: My share of...

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.

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Dorothy Parker: His voice was...

Dorothy Parker: His voice was...

His voice was intimate as the rustle of sheets.

Source: Dusk before...

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Diane Sawyer: I think the...

Diane Sawyer: I think the...

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

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Barbara Walters: Success can make...

Barbara Walters: Success can make...

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna -- or it can smooth the edges, take away the...

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Sarah Ban Breathnach: Whatever we are...

Sarah Ban Breathnach: Whatever we are...

Whatever we are waiting for -- peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance -- it will...

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Ada Louise Huxtable: Summer is the...

Ada Louise Huxtable: Summer is the...

Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the...

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Abigail Van Buren: True, a little...

Abigail Van Buren: True, a little...

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

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Janet Flanner: By jove, no...

Janet Flanner: By jove, no...

By jove, no wonder women don't love war nor understand it, nor can operate in it as a rule; it takes a man to suffer...

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Adela Rogers St Johns: I think every...

Adela Rogers St Johns: I think every...

I think every woman's entitled to a middle husband she can forget.

Source: Quoted...

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Martha Gellhorn: It would be...

Martha Gellhorn: It would be...

It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the...

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Erma Bombeck: It takes a...

Erma Bombeck: It takes a...

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Source: In The...

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Joan Konner: And journalism itself...

Joan Konner: And journalism itself...

And journalism itself has changed. News organizations and some journalists have transformed from their traditional...

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Joan Konner: This life isn't...

Joan Konner: This life isn't...

This life isn't bad for a first draft.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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Katharine Hepburn: Sometimes I wonder...

Katharine Hepburn: Sometimes I wonder...

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and...

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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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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Twinkle, twinkle, little...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Twinkle, twinkle, little...

Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the...

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