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Anne Baxter: My grandfather Frank...

Anne Baxter: My grandfather Frank...

My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That, is glamour!

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Judith Jamison: Dance is about...

Judith Jamison: Dance is about...

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

Source: Dancing Spirit, 1993.
-- Judith...

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Maria Callas: I would like...

Maria Callas: I would like...

I would like to be Maria, but there is Las Callas who demands that I carry myself with her...

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Agnes George DeMille: I learned 3...

Agnes George DeMille: I learned 3...

I learned 3 important things in college -- to use a library, to memorize quickly and visually, to drop asleep any time...

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Gracie Allen: Brains, integrity, and...

Gracie Allen: Brains, integrity, and...

Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your...

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Roseanne Barr: A good...

Roseanne Barr: A good...

A good man doesn't just happen. They have to be created by us women. A guy is a lump like a...

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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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Mary Caroline Richards: Let no one...

Mary Caroline Richards: Let no one...

Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the...

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Joni Mitchell: I've looked at...

Joni Mitchell: I've looked at...

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I...

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Lotte Lehmann: You have always...

Lotte Lehmann: You have always...

You have always given me more than I gave to you. . . . You were the wings on which I...

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Jessye Norman: The very best...

Jessye Norman: The very best...

The very best thing that could happen to a voice, if it shows any promise at all, is when it is very young to leave it...

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Jessye Norman: Problems arise in...

Jessye Norman: Problems arise in...

Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for...

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Janet Erskine Stuart: You must grow...

Janet Erskine Stuart: You must grow...

You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Edith Sitwell: My personal hobbies...

Edith Sitwell: My personal hobbies...

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

Source:...

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Germaine Greer: Libraries are reservoirs...

Germaine Greer: Libraries are reservoirs...

Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy,...

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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.

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Helen Keller: Smell is a...

Helen Keller: Smell is a...

Smell is a potent wizard that transports us across thousands of miles and all the years we have...

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Dorothy Parker: Some men break...

Dorothy Parker: Some men break...

Some men break your heart in two,
Some men fawn and flatter,
Some men never look at you;
And that cleans up...

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Dorothy Parker: Tonstant Weader Wowed...

Dorothy Parker: Tonstant Weader Wowed...

Tonstant Weader Wowed up.

Source: ''Constant Reader review of The Flouse at PooF...

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Helen Rowland: Before marriage, a...

Helen Rowland: Before marriage, a...

Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down...

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