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Peace Pilgrim: We have all...

Peace Pilgrim: We have all...

We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.

Source: In The...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The loneliness you...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The loneliness you...

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's...

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Florence King: The more immoral...

Florence King: The more immoral...

The more immoral we become in big ways, the more puritanical we become in little ways.

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Alice Embree: The mass media...

Alice Embree: The mass media...

The mass media molds everyone into more passive roles, into roles of more frantic consuming, into human beings with...

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Dorothea Brande: Man's mind is...

Dorothea Brande: Man's mind is...

Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.

Source:...

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Lynn Caine: Since every death...

Lynn Caine: Since every death...

Since every death diminishes a little, we grieve -- not so much for the death as for...

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Barbara Sher: Every single one...

Barbara Sher: Every single one...

Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do -- can love things that no one else can love. We are like...

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Rebecca West: It is queer...

Rebecca West: It is queer...

It is queer how it is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into...

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Roseanne Barr: Experts say you...

Roseanne Barr: Experts say you...

Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling...

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Lily Tomlin: Sometimes I worry...

Lily Tomlin: Sometimes I worry...

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

Source: In Webster's...

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Sandra Bernhard: If you close...

Sandra Bernhard: If you close...

If you close your eyes, you could just as well imagine me to be vintage Ali MacGraw, circa...

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Lily Tomlin: Reality is the...

Lily Tomlin: Reality is the...

Reality is the crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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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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Amie Comeaux: Sometimes in spite...

Amie Comeaux: Sometimes in spite...

Sometimes in spite of difference
Sometimes against all odds
Some things are meant to happen
It's written in...

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Fannie Hurst: Any writer worth...

Fannie Hurst: Any writer worth...

Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another...

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Tina Turner: I will never...

Tina Turner: I will never...

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not old yet!

Source: In...

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Whitney Houston: Being around people...

Whitney Houston: Being around people...

Being around people like Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack. . . had a great impact on...

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Janis Joplin: You got to...

Janis Joplin: You got to...

You got to get it while you can. . .

Source: Get It While You Can.
-- Janis...

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Joni Mitchell: You know that...

Joni Mitchell: You know that...

You know that it never has been easy
Whether you do or do not resign
Whether you travel the breadth of the...

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Oprah Winfrey: Every day's a...

Oprah Winfrey: Every day's a...

Every day's a kick!

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by...

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