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Brigitte Bardot: It is better...

Brigitte Bardot: It is better...

It is better to be unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be.

Source: The...

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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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Lauren Bacall: You can't start...

Lauren Bacall: You can't start...

You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening...

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Whoopi Goldberg: I believe that...

Whoopi Goldberg: I believe that...

I believe that parts of people like John Garfield and Moms Mabley, the parts of them that I needed to be able to do...

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Lily Tomlin: The formula for...

Lily Tomlin: The formula for...

The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?

Source:...

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Raquel Welch: Change excites me....

Raquel Welch: Change excites me....

Change excites me. I am fifty years old. It's when the mind catches up with the body.

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Rosalind Russell: Taking joy in...

Rosalind Russell: Taking joy in...

Taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Emily Post: Nothing is less...

Emily Post: Nothing is less...

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is...

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May Sarton: The minute one...

May Sarton: The minute one...

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

Source: Mrs. Stevens...

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Beth Henley: And all writing...

Beth Henley: And all writing...

And all writing is creating or spinning dreams for other people so they won't have to bother doing it...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

I battered the cordons around me
And cradled my wings on the breeze,
Then soared to the uttermost...

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Linda Ronstadt: The thing you...

Linda Ronstadt: The thing you...

The thing you have to be prepared for is that other people don't always dream your dream.

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Janis Joplin: You got to...

Janis Joplin: You got to...

You got to get it while you can. . .

Source: Get It While You Can.
-- Janis...

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Ruth Etting: Things might have...

Ruth Etting: Things might have...

Things might have been so different
Right form the very start,
But you only wanted kisses
lips without any...

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Marie Lloyd: My old man...

Marie Lloyd: My old man...

My old man said, `Follow the van, Don't dilly-dally on the way!'
But I dillied and dallied, dallied and...

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Marian Anderson: Fear is a...

Marian Anderson: Fear is a...

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

Source: My Lord,...

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Doris Day: The really frightening...

Doris Day: The really frightening...

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

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Andrea Dworkin: While gossip among...

Andrea Dworkin: While gossip among...

While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about...

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Florida Scott-Maxwell: In very truth...

Florida Scott-Maxwell: In very truth...

In very truth the days are almost free, and if it is another way of saying that our lives are empty, well -- there are...

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Helen Gurley Brown: I care. I...

Helen Gurley Brown: I care. I...

I care. I care a lot. I think of Cosmopolitan, all day, and I run scared. So it's a combination of fright, caring and...

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