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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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Suzanne Vega: I'd like to...

Suzanne Vega: I'd like to...

I'd like to meet you
In a timeless placeless place
Somewhere out of context
And beyond all...

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Ruth Draper: You see --...

Ruth Draper: You see --...

You see -- he's got a perfectly new idea. He never sees his patients. He's not interested in individuals, he prefers...

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Barbara Stanwyck: Sponsors obviously care...

Barbara Stanwyck: Sponsors obviously care...

Sponsors obviously care more about a ninety-second commercial and want to pay you more than any guest star gets for a...

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Yoko Ono: All my concerts...

Yoko Ono: All my concerts...

All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their...

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Tallulah Bankhead: Let's not quibble!...

Tallulah Bankhead: Let's not quibble!...

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose...

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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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Helen Lawrenson: Most of today's...

Helen Lawrenson: Most of today's...

Most of today's film actress are typical of a mass-production age: living dolls who look as if they came off an...

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Janet Flanner: The older women...

Janet Flanner: The older women...

The older women were Sunbeams and I guess we were Cherubs or Lambs, but our mothers were...

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Jill Johnston: Bisexuality is not...

Jill Johnston: Bisexuality is not...

Bisexuality is not so much a copout as a fearful compromise.

Source: Lesbian...

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Dorothy Thompson: The instinct to...

Dorothy Thompson: The instinct to...

The instinct to worship is hardly less strong than the instinct to eat.

Source: In...

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Rosa Luxemburg: Freedom is always...

Rosa Luxemburg: Freedom is always...

Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Happiness is a...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Happiness is a...

Happiness is a rare plant, that seldom takes root on earth -- few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the...

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Harriet Lerner: We commonly confuse...

Harriet Lerner: We commonly confuse...

We commonly confuse closeness with sameness and view intimacy as the merging of two separate I's into one...

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Elizabeth Janeway: I admire people...

Elizabeth Janeway: I admire people...

I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. . . . They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and...

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Irene Peter: Always be sincere,...

Irene Peter: Always be sincere,...

Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it.

Source: In Quote Disk 1,2,3, by ...

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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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Susan Sontag: Ours is a...

Susan Sontag: Ours is a...

Ours is a culture based on excess, on overproduction; the result is a steady loss of sharpness in our sensory...

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Helen Keller: . . ....

Helen Keller: . . ....

. . . and we could never learn to be brave and patient, if there was only joy in the...

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