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Brigid Brophy: To my mind,...

Brigid Brophy: To my mind,...

To my mind, the two most fascinating subjects in the universe are sex and the eighteenth...

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Emily Blackwell: Health has its...

Emily Blackwell: Health has its...

Health has its science as well as disease. . .

Source: Written with her sister...

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: Learn to get...

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: Learn to get...

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in life has a...

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Joyce Brothers: Psychologically, having it...

Joyce Brothers: Psychologically, having it...

Psychologically, having it all is not a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are...

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Barbara De Angelis: Marriage is not...

Barbara De Angelis: Marriage is not...

Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your...

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George Eliot: But what we...

George Eliot: But what we...

But what we strive to gratify, though we may call it a distant hope, is an immediate desire; the future estate for...

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Mary McCarthy: Understanding is often...

Mary McCarthy: Understanding is often...

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot...

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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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Janis Joplin: Don't compromise yourself....

Janis Joplin: Don't compromise yourself....

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Source: In Reader's Digest,...

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Doris Day: DAY: I have...

Doris Day: DAY: I have...

DAY: I have a good job, a lovely apartment, I go out with very nice men to the best places, the finest restaurants,...

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Bette Midler: My idea of...

Bette Midler: My idea of...

My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

Source: In Webster's...

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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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Margaret Cho: Privacy and security...

Margaret Cho: Privacy and security...

Privacy and security are those things you give up when `you show the world what makes you...

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Judy Collins: Writing is a...

Judy Collins: Writing is a...

Writing is a voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of our eyes when we think no one is...

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Jane Wagner: A sobering thought:...

Jane Wagner: A sobering thought:...

A sobering thought: What if, right at this very moment, I am living up to my full...

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Nina Simone: Music is a...

Nina Simone: Music is a...

Music is a gift and a burden I've had since I can remember who I was.

Source:...

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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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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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Muriel Rukeyser: I think there...

Muriel Rukeyser: I think there...

I think there is a choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a...

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Gloria Swanson: I think all...

Gloria Swanson: I think all...

I think all this talk about age is foolish. Every time I'm one year older, everyone else is...

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