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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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Lady Marguerite Blessington: The vices of...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: The vices of...

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for errors; and those of the poor and lowly, for...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: An epigram is...

Minna Thomas Antrim: An epigram is...

An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.

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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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Katherine F Gerould: The principle of...

Katherine F Gerould: The principle of...

The principle of fashion is . . . the principle of the kaleidoscope. A new year can only bring us a new combination of...

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Jessica Mitford: Things on the...

Jessica Mitford: Things on the...

Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run 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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Helen Rowland: A man's heart...

Helen Rowland: A man's heart...

A man's heart may have a secret sanctuary where only one woman may enter, but it is full of little anterooms which are...

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Helen Rowland: Don't waste time...

Helen Rowland: Don't waste time...

Don't waste time trying to break a man's heart; be satisfied if you can just manage to chip it in a brand new...

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Florence King: People are so...

Florence King: People are so...

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that...

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Belle Livingstone: Like Moses, I...

Belle Livingstone: Like Moses, I...

Like Moses, I wasn't born. l was found.

Source: Belle Out of Order, Pt. 1, Ch. I,...

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Dorothea Brande: By going over...

Dorothea Brande: By going over...

By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any...

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Katharine Whitehorn: The best career...

Katharine Whitehorn: The best career...

The best career advice given to the young is Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing...

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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 Grizzuti Harrison: Our awesome responsibility...

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Our awesome responsibility...

Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of...

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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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Ada Louise Huxtable: Summer is the...

Ada Louise Huxtable: Summer is the...

Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the...

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Belva Lockwood: No one can...

Belva Lockwood: No one can...

No one can claim to be called Christian who gives money for the building of warships and...

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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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Karen Carpenter: I had no...

Karen Carpenter: I had no...

I had no idea whether I could play 'em or not, but I wanted to and I was very determined. . . but the band director...

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