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Dorothy Uhnak: It's funny how...

Dorothy Uhnak: It's funny how...

It's funny how your initial approach to a person can determine your feelings toward them, no matter what facts develop...

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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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Margaret Bourke-White: If you banish...

Margaret Bourke-White: If you banish...

If you banish fear, nothing terribly bad can happen to you.

Source: In Words of...

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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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Marsha Sinetar: Rather than denying...

Marsha Sinetar: Rather than denying...

Rather than denying problems, focus inventively, intentionally on what solutions might look or feel like. . . . Our...

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Monica Baldwin: What makes humility...

Monica Baldwin: What makes humility...

What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: Anyone who has...

Barbara Ehrenreich: Anyone who has...

Anyone who has invented a better mousetrap, or the contemporary equivalent, can expect to be harassed by strangers...

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Dorothy Parker: Gratitude -- the...

Dorothy Parker: Gratitude -- the...

Gratitude -- the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

Source: In...

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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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Amy Lowell: Hate is ravening...

Amy Lowell: Hate is ravening...

Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.

Source: In The...

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Maxine Kumin: Cherish your wilderness....

Maxine Kumin: Cherish your wilderness....

Cherish your wilderness.

Source: You Are in Bear Country, The Long Approach,...

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Martha Graham: Dance is the...

Martha Graham: Dance is the...

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

Source: Interview The New York...

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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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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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Roseanne Barr: The thing women...

Roseanne Barr: The thing women...

The thing women have got to learn is that nobody gives you power. You just take it.

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Whoopi Goldberg: I fear waking...

Whoopi Goldberg: I fear waking...

I fear waking up one morning and finding out it was all for nothing. We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the...

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Marilu Henner: After 19 years...

Marilu Henner: After 19 years...

After 19 years of experimenting, a thousand mistakes, over 400 books, at least 200 bad diets... and a partridge in a...

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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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Liv Ullmann: I am learning...

Liv Ullmann: I am learning...

I am learning that if I just go on accepting the framework for life that others have given me, if I fail to make my...

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Lillian Hellman: Success isn't everything...

Lillian Hellman: Success isn't everything...

Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.

Source: Julian, in Toys...

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