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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Friends are the...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Friends are the...

Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.

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Julie Burchill: A good part...

Julie Burchill: A good part...

A good part -- and definitely the most fun part -- of being a feminist is about frightening...

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Julie Burchill: Tears are sometimes...

Julie Burchill: Tears are sometimes...

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely...

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Susan B Anthony: Oh, yes. I'd...

Susan B Anthony: Oh, yes. I'd...

Oh, yes. I'd do it all again; the spirit is willing yet; I feel the same desire to do the work but the flesh is weak....

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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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Helen Gurley Brown: No office anywhere...

Helen Gurley Brown: No office anywhere...

No office anywhere on earth is so puritanical, impeccable, elegant, sterile or incorruptible as not to contain the...

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Judith Crist: [Youngsters] are nurtured...

Judith Crist: [Youngsters] are nurtured...

[Youngsters] are nurtured from infancy on a Dick-and-Jane literary and artistic level; and the cultural drought, as...

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Judith Crist: Movies suddenly became...

Judith Crist: Movies suddenly became...

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

Source:...

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Erma Bombeck: Never accept a...

Erma Bombeck: Never accept a...

Never accept a drink from a Urologist.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Jill Johnston: . ....

Jill Johnston: . ....

. . . we as womenfolk can't, as i see it, be all that smug and satisfied about where we're at anyhow until the...

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Emily Dickinson: Heaven is so...

Emily Dickinson: Heaven is so...

Heaven is so far of the Mind
That were the Mind dissolved --
The Site --of it --by Architect
Could not again...

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Emily Dickinson: Hope is the...

Emily Dickinson: Hope is the...

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tunes without the words- /And never...

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Emily Dickinson: There is no...

Emily Dickinson: There is no...

There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing...

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Cher: If you really...

Cher: If you really...

If you really want something, you can figure out how to make it happen.

Source: In...

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Judy Collins: I think people...

Judy Collins: I think people...

I think people who are creative are the luckiest people on earth. I know that there are no shortcuts, but you must...

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Faith Baldwin: Time is a...

Faith Baldwin: Time is a...

Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.

Source: Face Toward the...

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Judith Guest: Geez, if I...

Judith Guest: Geez, if I...

Geez, if I could get through to you, kiddo, that depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and...

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George Eliot: Wear a smile...

George Eliot: Wear a smile...

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less...

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George Eliot: But human experience...

George Eliot: But human experience...

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current...

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George Eliot: The important work...

George Eliot: The important work...

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

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