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Phyllis George: The most popular...

Phyllis George: The most popular...

The most popular labor-saving device is still money.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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Harriet Lerner: Although the connections...

Harriet Lerner: Although the connections...

Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political...

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Katherine F Gerould: We put [young...

Katherine F Gerould: We put [young...

We put [young children] into kindergarten where their reasoning powers are ruined; or, if we can afford it, we buy...

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Katherine F Gerould: The principle of...

Katherine F Gerould: The principle of...

The principle of fashion is . . . the principle of the kaleidoscope. A new year can only bring us a new combination of...

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Woman's discontent increases...

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Woman's discontent increases...

Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.

Source: In...

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Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: The human face...

Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: The human face...

The human face is the organic seat of beauty. . . . It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience...

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Helen Gurley Brown: Nearly every glamorous,...

Helen Gurley Brown: Nearly every glamorous,...

Nearly every glamorous, wealthy, successful career woman you might envy now started out as some kind of...

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Diana Vreeland: [Blue jeans are]...

Diana Vreeland: [Blue jeans are]...

[Blue jeans are] the most beautiful things since the gondola.

Source: In NY Times,...

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Jamaica Kincaid: If I actually...

Jamaica Kincaid: If I actually...

If I actually ran the world, I'd do it from the kitchen. It's not anything deliberate or a statement or anything,...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: When one is...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: When one is...

When one is out of touch with oneself, one cannot touch others.

Source: Gift From...

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Virgilia Peterson: However often marriage...

Virgilia Peterson: However often marriage...

However often marriage is dissolved, it remains indissoluble. Real divorce, the divorce of heart and nerve and fiber,...

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Virgilia Peterson: A lady, that...

Virgilia Peterson: A lady, that...

A lady, that is an enlightened, cultivated, liberal lady,... could espouse any cause: wayward girls, social diseases,...

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Katharine Hepburn: Life can be...

Katharine Hepburn: Life can be...

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly...

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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: Sponsors obviously care...

Barbara Stanwyck: Sponsors obviously care...

Sponsors obviously care more about a ninety-second commercial and want to pay you more than any guest star gets for a...

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Francesca Annis: I maintain the...

Francesca Annis: I maintain the...

I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my w0rk and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle...

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Jane Fonda: Women are not...

Jane Fonda: Women are not...

Women are not forgiven for aging. Bob Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age...

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Barbra Streisand: Success to me...

Barbra Streisand: Success to me...

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons, and eating only the top half of each one.

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Judy Collins: I have inspiration...

Judy Collins: I have inspiration...

I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live. I call them part of the joy of living, and they...

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Joanna Baillie: It is so...

Joanna Baillie: It is so...

It is so seldom that a young fellow has any inclination for the company of an old man. . .

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