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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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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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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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Emily Dickinson: The dandelion's pallid...

Emily Dickinson: The dandelion's pallid...

The dandelion's pallid tube
Astonishes the grass,
And winter instantly becomes
An infinite...

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Emily Dickinson: What fortitude the...

Emily Dickinson: What fortitude the...

What fortitude the Soul contains,
That it can so endure
The accent of a coming Foot--
The opening of a...

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Rita Dove: If only the...

Rita Dove: If only the...

If only the sun-drenched celebrities are being noticed and worshiped, then our children are going to have a tough time...

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Diane Ackerman: I don't want...

Diane Ackerman: I don't want...

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the...

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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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Catherine Deneuve: Film is a...

Catherine Deneuve: Film is a...

Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and...

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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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Nadia Boulanger: Life is denied...

Nadia Boulanger: Life is denied...

Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a...

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Emily Post: The attributes of...

Emily Post: The attributes of...

The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy and...

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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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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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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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Helen Rowland: Nowadays love is...

Helen Rowland: Nowadays love is...

Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of...

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Cynthia Heimel: A woman needs...

Cynthia Heimel: A woman needs...

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a net.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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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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Doris Lilly: It's intoxicating for...

Doris Lilly: It's intoxicating for...

It's intoxicating for a man to be waited on. Combine this with very, very skillful sex, and that will get...

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