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Mariah Carey: Music is what...

Mariah Carey: Music is what...

Music is what I love and it's what I feel and it's in me and to know that I can do something that I enjoy and...

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Roseanne Barr: My husband and...

Roseanne Barr: My husband and...

My husband and I didn't sign a pre-nuptial agreement. We signed a mutual suicide pact.

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Roseanne Barr: Excuse the mess...

Roseanne Barr: Excuse the mess...

Excuse the mess but we live here.

Source: In The Almanac of Quotable Quotes from...

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Shana Alexander: When the prima...

Shana Alexander: When the prima...

When the prima ballerina found ground glass in her toe slipper . . . every other dancer in the company was equally...

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Natasha Josefowitz: You may not...

Natasha Josefowitz: You may not...

You may not be well read, you may not know how to count, you may write poorly, but as soon as you open your mouth...

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Helen Keller: . . ....

Helen Keller: . . ....

. . . militarism . . . is one of the chief bulwarks of capitalism, and the day that militarism is undermined,...

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Dorothy Parker: Work is the...

Dorothy Parker: Work is the...

Work is the province of cattle.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success,...

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Dorothy Parker: A list of...

Dorothy Parker: A list of...

A list of authors who have made themselves most beloved and therefore, most comfortable financially, shows that it is...

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Dorothy Parker: Oh, don't worry...

Dorothy Parker: Oh, don't worry...

Oh, don't worry about Alan . . . Alan will always land on somebody's feet.

Source:...

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Emmeline Pankhurst: You have to...

Emmeline Pankhurst: You have to...

You have to be there all the time and see that they do not snow you under, if you are really going to get your reform...

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Susan Sontag: The discovery of...

Susan Sontag: The discovery of...

The discovery of the good taste of bad taste can be very liberating. The man who insists on high and serious...

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Rebecca West: There is no...

Rebecca West: There is no...

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is...

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Margaret Anderson: My unreality is...

Margaret Anderson: My unreality is...

My unreality is chiefly this: I have never felt much like a human being. It's a splendid...

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Robin Morgan: Friendship is mutual...

Robin Morgan: Friendship is mutual...

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

Source: In Words of...

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Diana Vreeland: The only real...

Diana Vreeland: The only real...

The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.

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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...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Love is a...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Love is a...

Love is a force. It is not a result; it is a cause. It is not a product; it produces. It is a power, like money or...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: Imagine spending four...

Barbara Ehrenreich: Imagine spending four...

Imagine spending four billion years stocking the oceans with seafood, filling the ground with fossil fuels, and...

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Florence King: We want a...

Florence King: We want a...

We want a president who is as much like an American tourist as possible. Someone with the same goofy grin, the same...

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Catherine Drinker Bowen: Will the reader...

Catherine Drinker Bowen: Will the reader...

Will the reader turn the page?

Source: Note posted in her study, quoted in MD, Jul...

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