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Maggie Smith: I believe that...

Maggie Smith: I believe that...

I believe that I am past my prime. I had reckoned on my prime lasting till I was at least...

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Emily Carr: It is wonderful...

Emily Carr: It is wonderful...

It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw, not because she is Canada but because she's something...

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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...

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Mae West: Marriage is a...

Mae West: Marriage is a...

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

Source: In...

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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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Carrie Fisher: I think of...

Carrie Fisher: I think of...

I think of my body as a side effect of my mind. Like a thought I had once that manifested itself-- Oops! Oh no!...

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Gilda Radner: I can always...

Gilda Radner: I can always...

I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity.

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Whoopi Goldberg: I am where...

Whoopi Goldberg: I am where...

I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.

Source: In Essence, Aug...

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Harriet Monroe: [He] saw the...

Harriet Monroe: [He] saw the...

[He] saw the light, and led the way
Where the gray world might greet the day.


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Judith Crist: When we as...

Judith Crist: When we as...

When we as youngsters, would accuse our mother of picking on us her wise reply was, All you'll get from strangers is...

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Jean Kerr: Marrying a man...

Jean Kerr: Marrying a man...

Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when...

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Jean Kerr: Even though a...

Jean Kerr: Even though a...

Even though a number of people have tried, no one has yet found a way to drink for a...

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Jean Kerr: Being divorced is...

Jean Kerr: Being divorced is...

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the...

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Susan L Taylor: Seeds of faith...

Susan L Taylor: Seeds of faith...

Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their...

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Rona Barrett: I'm a real...

Rona Barrett: I'm a real...

I'm a real pussy cat -- with an iron tail.

Source: In Poisonous Quotes, by Colin...

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Erma Bombeck: I do not...

Erma Bombeck: I do not...

I do not participate in a sport with ambulances at the bottom of the hill.

Source:...

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Marya Mannes: The process of...

Marya Mannes: The process of...

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I do not...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I do not...

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: When one is...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: When one is...

When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too.

Source: In...

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Grace Paley: I believe in...

Grace Paley: I believe in...

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing...

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