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Edith Sitwell: Poetry is the...

Edith Sitwell: Poetry is the...

Poetry is the deification of reality.

Source: In Life, 4 Jan 1963.
-- Edith...

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Liza Minnelli: In Hollywood now...

Liza Minnelli: In Hollywood now...

In Hollywood now when people die they don't say, Did he leave a will? but Did he leave a...

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Judy Collins: I've gone through...

Judy Collins: I've gone through...

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get...

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Judy Collins: I sang in...

Judy Collins: I sang in...

I sang in the coffee houses . . . in the early 60's with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I just...

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Joan Baez: As long as...

Joan Baez: As long as...

As long as one keeps searching, the answers come.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Elizabeth Taylor: I feel very...

Elizabeth Taylor: I feel very...

I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind...

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Jane Seymour: Beauty is a...

Jane Seymour: Beauty is a...

Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong...

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Nadia Boulanger: The art of...

Nadia Boulanger: The art of...

The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach...

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Ntozake Shange: i found god...

Ntozake Shange: i found god...

i found god in myself
& I loved her/i loved her fiercely.


Source: a laying on of...

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Susan Griffin: One can find...

Susan Griffin: One can find...

One can find traces of every life in each life.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Lily Tomlin: The trouble with...

Lily Tomlin: The trouble with...

The trouble with the rat race is that if you win you're still a rat.

Source: In...

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Mary Tyler Moore: I'm an experienced...

Mary Tyler Moore: I'm an experienced...

I'm an experienced woman; I've been around . . . well, alright, I might not've been around, but I've been . . ....

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Liv Ullmann: Hollywood is loneliness...

Liv Ullmann: Hollywood is loneliness...

Hollywood is loneliness beside the swimming pool.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Billie Holiday: Somebody once said...

Billie Holiday: Somebody once said...

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

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Miriam Makeba: I look at...

Miriam Makeba: I look at...

I look at an ant and l see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size...

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Karen Carpenter: I remember thinking...

Karen Carpenter: I remember thinking...

I remember thinking back then, 'Oh God, if we don't get a hit by the time I'm 20 I have to kill myself!' Well, we JUST...

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Karen Carpenter: Our first single,...

Karen Carpenter: Our first single,...

Our first single, 'Ticket To Ride', was a kind of half-hit, half flop: in some places it was number one, in others it...

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Jeane Kirkpatrick: Look, I don't...

Jeane Kirkpatrick: Look, I don't...

Look, I don't even agree with myself at times.

Source: On NBC TV, 3 Apr 1985.
--...

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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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Madonna: I wouldn't have...

Madonna: I wouldn't have...

I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel...

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