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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...

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Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Fame is a bee
It has a song --
It has a sting --
Ah, too, it has a wing.


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Helen Keller: Doubt and mistrust...

Helen Keller: Doubt and mistrust...

Doubt and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind...

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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...

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Dorothy Parker: I don't know...

Dorothy Parker: I don't know...

I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.

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Dorothy Parker: There must be...

Dorothy Parker: There must be...

There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about...

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Dorothy Parker: There must be...

Dorothy Parker: There must be...

There must be courage; there must be no awe. There must be criticism, for humor, to my mind, is encapsulated in...

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Dorothy Parker: This is on...

Dorothy Parker: This is on...

This is on me.

Source: Suggested epitaph for her own tombstone; in You Might As...

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Andrea Dworkin: Men are rewarded...

Andrea Dworkin: Men are rewarded...

Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration,...

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Susan Sontag: It is only...

Susan Sontag: It is only...

It is only the fear of malpractice that keeps doctors candid in this country.

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Susan Sontag: Science fiction films...

Susan Sontag: Science fiction films...

Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of...

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Fran Lebowitz: Radio news is...

Fran Lebowitz: Radio news is...

Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast the disc jockey is not allowed...

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Susan Faludi: Feminism's agenda is...

Susan Faludi: Feminism's agenda is...

Feminism's agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to choose between public justice and private...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Wit lives in...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Wit lives in...

Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future.

Source: In And I Quote,...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Imagination, which is...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Imagination, which is...

Imagination, which is the eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the most pernicious gift to the...

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Harriet Lerner: Anger is a...

Harriet Lerner: Anger is a...

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Source: The Dance of Anger,...

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Helen Rowland: Oh yes, there...

Helen Rowland: Oh yes, there...

Oh yes, there is a vast difference between the savage and the civilized man, but it is never apparent to their wives...

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Helen Rowland: Wedding: the point...

Helen Rowland: Wedding: the point...

Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her.

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Helen Rowland: When a man...

Helen Rowland: When a man...

When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his...

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Helen Rowland: There's so much...

Helen Rowland: There's so much...

There's so much saint in the worst of them, and so much devil in the best of them, that a woman who's married to one...

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