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Katharine Hepburn: I never lose...

Katharine Hepburn: I never lose...

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

Source: Good Housekeeping...

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Raquel Welch: I was not...

Raquel Welch: I was not...

I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn't bake cookies. You can...

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Virginia Graham: It is not...

Virginia Graham: It is not...

It is not done to let anybody be too happy. The moment two people seem to be enjoying one another's company, a good...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Ships at a...

Zora Neale Hurston: Ships at a...

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

Source: Their Eyes were...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Mama exhorted her...

Zora Neale Hurston: Mama exhorted her...

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to jump at de sun. We might not land on the sun, but at least we would...

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Zora Neale Hurston: There is no...

Zora Neale Hurston: There is no...

There is no single face in nature, because every eye that looks upon it, sees it from its own angle. So every man's...

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Gwendolyn Brooks: It is brave...

Gwendolyn Brooks: It is brave...

It is brave to be involved
To be not fearful to be unresolved.


Source: do not...

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Elizabeth Bishop: The art of...

Elizabeth Bishop: The art of...

The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is...

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Anne Bradstreet: There is no...

Anne Bradstreet: There is no...

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evill that we feel, or fear, but we...

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Fannie Hurst: But suppose, asks...

Fannie Hurst: But suppose, asks...

But suppose, asks the student of the professor, we follow all your structural rules for writing, what about that...

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Bette Midler: After thirty, a...

Bette Midler: After thirty, a...

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

Source: Reader's Digest, 1 Jun...

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Joni Mitchell: There are things...

Joni Mitchell: There are things...

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

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Oprah Winfrey: Always continue the...

Oprah Winfrey: Always continue the...

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you , choose, if you first get to know who you are...

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Oprah Winfrey: Unless you choose...

Oprah Winfrey: Unless you choose...

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you...

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Helen Hayes: From your parents...

Helen Hayes: From your parents...

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you...

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Jean Harlow: This place certainly...

Jean Harlow: This place certainly...

This place certainly reeks of hospitality and good cheer, or maybe it's this cheese.

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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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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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Meryl Streep: You can't get...

Meryl Streep: You can't get...

You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.

Source:
-- Meryl Streep, (Jun...

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Anouk Aimee: The more the...

Anouk Aimee: The more the...

The more the years go by, the less I know. But if you give explanations and understand everything, then nothing can...

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