Welcome to the Quotable Women Collection

Quotable Women, like BeMoreCreative.com, encourages thinking, working, and living more creatively. Creativity is "the power to connect the seemingly unconnected" (W. Plommer). To support this work, we earn a small affiliate commission. Please browse creatively!


Roseanne Barr: Women complain about...

Roseanne Barr: Women complain about...

Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month I can be...

More about this quote

Roseanne Barr: Beauty comes in...

Roseanne Barr: Beauty comes in...

Beauty comes in all sizes-not just size 5.

Source: In The Quotable Quotations Book,...

More about this quote

Roseanne Barr: There's nothing like...

Roseanne Barr: There's nothing like...

There's nothing like a hardship song to set my toes atappin.

Source: In The...

More about this quote

Helen Gahagan Douglas: I never felt...

Helen Gahagan Douglas: I never felt...

I never felt I left the stage.

Source: On being a politician; Center Stage,...

More about this quote

Aretha Franklin: And I've been...

Aretha Franklin: And I've been...

And I've been hurt hurt bad. I might be just twenty-six, but I'm an old woman in disguise twenty-six goin'on...

More about this quote

Isadora Duncan: Most human beings...

Isadora Duncan: Most human beings...

Most human beings today waste some 25 to 30 years of their lives before they break through the actual and conventional...

More about this quote

Britney Spears: I'm so happy...

Britney Spears: I'm so happy...

I'm so happy to be able to give kids the opportunity to learn about amazing world of dance and music that I've have...

More about this quote

Emily Dickinson: Much Madness is...

Emily Dickinson: Much Madness is...

Much Madness is divinest Sense --
To a discerning Eye --
Much Sense --the starkest Madness...

More about this quote

Emily Dickinson: God gave a...

Emily Dickinson: God gave a...

God gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me.

Source: In An Uncommon...

More about this quote

Maya Angelou: [Work is] something...

Maya Angelou: [Work is] something...

[Work is] something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.

More about this quote

Susan Sontag: The truth is...

Susan Sontag: The truth is...

The truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.

More about this quote

Helen Keller: . . ....

Helen Keller: . . ....

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

More about this quote

Dorothy Parker: If I had...

Dorothy Parker: If I had...

If I had any decency, I'd be dead. Most of my friends are.

Source: At age...

More about this quote

Dorothy Parker: He has a...

Dorothy Parker: He has a...

He has a capacity for enjoyment so vast that he gives away great chunks to those about him, and never even misses...

More about this quote

Dorothy Parker: His ignorance was...

Dorothy Parker: His ignorance was...

His ignorance was an Empire State Building of ignorance. You had to admire it for its...

More about this quote

Peace Pilgrim: The simplification of...

Peace Pilgrim: The simplification of...

The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and...

More about this quote

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: Winning has always...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: Winning has always...

Winning has always meant much to me, but winning friends has meant the most.

More about this quote

Irene Peter: To make crime...

Irene Peter: To make crime...

To make crime unprofitable, let the government run it.

Source: In Webster's...

More about this quote

Judith Crist: Movies suddenly became...

Judith Crist: Movies suddenly became...

Movies suddenly became film and cinema an art form and terribly chic. . .

Source:...

More about this quote

Helen Rowland: A man snatches...

Helen Rowland: A man snatches...

A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth -- and...

More about this quote

Page 282 of 329


(C)2026 Quotable Women - All Rights Reserved.

Quotable Women
Harrisonburg, VA