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Christiane Collange: How many women...

Christiane Collange: How many women...

How many women are ready to admit that they are capable of changing the course of their existence by simply taking...

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Christiane Collange: We all have...

Christiane Collange: We all have...

We all have a tendency to obscure the forest of simple joys with the trees of problems.

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Fran Lebowitz: Very few people...

Fran Lebowitz: Very few people...

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the...

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Jane Bryant Quinn: The shortest recorded...

Jane Bryant Quinn: The shortest recorded...

The shortest recorded period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the...

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Fran Lebowitz: To me the...

Fran Lebowitz: To me the...

To me the outdoors is what you must pass through in order to get from your apartment into a...

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Erma Bombeck: My mind works...

Erma Bombeck: My mind works...

My mind works . . . two boobs never get me a job.

Source: In Words of Women...

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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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Mary Ashton Livermore: One would suppose...

Mary Ashton Livermore: One would suppose...

One would suppose in reading them that women possess but one class of physical organs, and that these are always...

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Joyce A Myers: Teachers can change...

Joyce A Myers: Teachers can change...

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

Source:...

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Anna Pavlova: What exactly is...

Anna Pavlova: What exactly is...

What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is...

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Emily Dickinson: This is my...

Emily Dickinson: This is my...

This is my letter to the World
That never wrote to Me--
The simple News that Nature told--
With tender...

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Alice Duer Miller: When a woman...

Alice Duer Miller: When a woman...

When a woman like that whom I've seen so much
All of a sudden drops out of touch,
Is always busy and never...

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Cornelia Otis Skinner: One learns in...

Cornelia Otis Skinner: One learns in...

One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions.

Source: In An...

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Tina Turner: I never said...

Tina Turner: I never said...

I never said Well, I don't have this and I don't have that. I said, I don't have this yet, but I'm going to get...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: There are many...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: There are many...

There are many little ways to enlarge [your child's] world. Love of books is the best of...

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Emily Dickinson: Faith --is the...

Emily Dickinson: Faith --is the...

Faith --is the Pierless Bridge
Supporting what We see
Unto the Scene that We do not...

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Barbra Streisand: A human being...

Barbra Streisand: A human being...

A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you...

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Lucille Ball: I think knowing...

Lucille Ball: I think knowing...

I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good...

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Judy Collins: I have inspiration...

Judy Collins: I have inspiration...

I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live. I call them part of the joy of living, and they...

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Josephine Baker: I like Frenchmen...

Josephine Baker: I like Frenchmen...

I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.

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