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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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Liza Minnelli: There are so...

Liza Minnelli: There are so...

There are so many girls, and so few princes.

Source: On why girls marry badly, in...

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Fanny Brice: I never liked...

Fanny Brice: I never liked...

I never liked the men I loved, and never loved the men I liked.

Source: In The...

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Elizabeth Ashley: The truth is...

Elizabeth Ashley: The truth is...

The truth is that I am enslaved . . . . in one vast love affair with 70 children.

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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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Meryl Streep: It is well...

Meryl Streep: It is well...

It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead.

Source: From a...

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Helena Rubinstein: All the American...

Helena Rubinstein: All the American...

All the American women had purple noses and gray lips and their faces were chalk white from terrible powder. I...

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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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Stevie Smith: I'm sorry to...

Stevie Smith: I'm sorry to...

I'm sorry to say my dear wife is a dreamer,
And as she dreams she gets paler and leaner.
Then be off to your...

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Paula Gunn Allen: We are the...

Paula Gunn Allen: We are the...

We are the land. To the best of my understanding, that is the fundamental idea that permeates American Indian...

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Paula Gunn Allen: For the American...

Paula Gunn Allen: For the American...

For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: The most characteristic...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: The most characteristic...

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for...

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Eleanor Robson Belmont: A private railroad...

Eleanor Robson Belmont: A private railroad...

A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately.

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Shirley MacLaine: The if the...

Shirley MacLaine: The if the...

The if the talent or individuality is there, it should be expressed. If it doesn't find its way out into the air, it...

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Anne Rice: To really ask...

Anne Rice: To really ask...

To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the...

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Naomi Mitchison: It was as...

Naomi Mitchison: It was as...

It was as though there was a film going on inside my head, and I was watching it as it went by. I was completely...

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Jean Ingelow: I have lived...

Jean Ingelow: I have lived...

I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.

Source: From...

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Margaret Truman: He loved politicians...

Margaret Truman: He loved politicians...

He loved politicians -- even Republicans.

Source: To joint session of Congress on...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: I don't confuse...

Lois McMaster Bujold: I don't confuse...

I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow isthe higher achievement.

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Katherine Paterson: A great novel...

Katherine Paterson: A great novel...

A great novel is a kind of conversion experience. We come away from it changed.

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