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Mae West: It is better...

Mae West: It is better...

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Mae...

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Roseanne Barr: They're all mine....

Roseanne Barr: They're all mine....

They're all mine. . . . Of course, I'd trade any one of them for a dishwasher.

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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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Charlotte Bronte: Feeling without judgement...

Charlotte Bronte: Feeling without judgement...

Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: I've learned of...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: I've learned of...

I've learned of life this bitter truth
Hope not between the crumbling walls Of mankind's gratitude to find...

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Brigitte Bardot: I have been...

Brigitte Bardot: I have been...

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very...

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Glenda Jackson: I used to...

Glenda Jackson: I used to...

I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is...

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Glenda Jackson: Acting provides the...

Glenda Jackson: Acting provides the...

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always...

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Shelley Winters: I did a...

Shelley Winters: I did a...

I did a picture in England one winter and it was so cold I almost got married.

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Barbara Stanwyck: My only problem...

Barbara Stanwyck: My only problem...

My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my...

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Marjorie Main: PA: Ma, there...

Marjorie Main: PA: Ma, there...

PA: Ma, there no need to apology for our kids, all fifteen are chips off the old block.
MA: Any more chips and...

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Donna Reed: Robert E. Lee...

Donna Reed: Robert E. Lee...

Robert E. Lee Prewitt. Isn't that a silly old name.

Source: Reed to Kerr as their...

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Shirley Jones: People want that...

Shirley Jones: People want that...

People want that kind of make-believe. They want entertainment. People love the music in it, they still love to hear...

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Julie Andrews: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!<br>Even though the...

Julie Andrews: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Even though the...

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious!
If you say it loud...

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Yoko Ono: I saw that...

Yoko Ono: I saw that...

I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose...

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Gracie Allen: The Senate is...

Gracie Allen: The Senate is...

The Senate is the only show in the world where the cash customers have to sit in the...

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Lucille Ball: One of the...

Lucille Ball: One of the...

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism...

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Amie Comeaux: Sometimes in spite...

Amie Comeaux: Sometimes in spite...

Sometimes in spite of difference
Sometimes against all odds
Some things are meant to happen
It's written in...

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Maya Ying Lin: To fly we...

Maya Ying Lin: To fly we...

To fly we have to have resistance.

Source:
-- Maya Ying Lin, (Oct 5 1959-____),...

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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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