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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I believe that...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I believe that...

I believe that what women resent is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself...

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Julie Burchill: A woman who...

Julie Burchill: A woman who...

A woman who looks like a girl and thinks like a man is the best sort, the most enjoyable to be and the most...

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Julie Burchill: As with most...

Julie Burchill: As with most...

As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more...

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Suzanne LaFollette: Until economic freedom...

Suzanne LaFollette: Until economic freedom...

Until economic freedom is attained for everybody, there can be no real freedom for...

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Martha Beck: The really potent...

Martha Beck: The really potent...

The really potent part of love is that it allows you to carry around beliefs about yourself that make you feel...

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Andrea Dworkin: Erotica is simply...

Andrea Dworkin: Erotica is simply...

Erotica is simply high-class pornography; better produced, better conceived, better executed, better packaged,...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: That little white...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: That little white...

That little white ball won't move until you hit it, and there's nothing you can do after it has...

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Natasha Josefowitz: What is luck?...

Natasha Josefowitz: What is luck?...

What is luck? It is not only chance, it is also creating the opportunity, recognizing it when it is there, and taking...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: We never respect...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: We never respect...

We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.

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Phyllis George: Life is what...

Phyllis George: Life is what...

Life is what you make it: If you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more.

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Harriet Lerner: Intimate relationships cannot...

Harriet Lerner: Intimate relationships cannot...

Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan...

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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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Brenda Ueland: I learned that...

Brenda Ueland: I learned that...

I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like a child stringing beads...

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Suzanne Curchod Necker: Obstinacy is ever...

Suzanne Curchod Necker: Obstinacy is ever...

Obstinacy is ever most positive when it is most in the wrong.

Source: In The Last...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Doing all we...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Doing all we...

Doing all we can to promote our friend's happiness is better than to continually drink to his...

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Shana Alexander: Evolution is fascinating...

Shana Alexander: Evolution is fascinating...

Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is the most interesting when one can observe the evolution of a single...

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Margaret Bourke-White: War correspondents ....

Margaret Bourke-White: War correspondents ....

War correspondents . . . see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Modern historians are...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Modern historians are...

Modern historians are all would-be philosophers; who, instead of relating facts as they occurred, give us their...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Borrowed thoughts, like...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Borrowed thoughts, like...

Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.

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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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