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Erma Bombeck: Guilt: the gift...

Erma Bombeck: Guilt: the gift...

Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.

Source: Quoted by John Skow Time, 2 Jul...

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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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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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Helen Rowland: Love: woman's eternal...

Helen Rowland: Love: woman's eternal...

Love: woman's eternal spring and man's eternal fall.

Source:
-- Helen Rowland,...

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Helen Rowland: To a woman...

Helen Rowland: To a woman...

To a woman the first kiss is just the end of the beginning, but to a man it is the beginning of the...

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Helen Rowland: What a man...

Helen Rowland: What a man...

What a man calls his conscience is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Lost time was...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Lost time was...

Lost time was like a run in a stocking. It always got worse.

Source: In Words of...

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Simone de Beauvoir: Let women be...

Simone de Beauvoir: Let women be...

Let women be provided with living strength of their own. Let them have the means to attack the world and wrest from...

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Susan B Anthony: Resolved, that the...

Susan B Anthony: Resolved, that the...

Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the...

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Helen Keller: I sometimes wonder...

Helen Keller: I sometimes wonder...

I sometimes wonder if the hand is not more sensitive to the beauties of sculpture than the eye. I should think the...

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Helen Keller: The highest result...

Helen Keller: The highest result...

The highest result of education is tolerance.

Source: 'Optimism'
-- Helen...

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Helen Keller: We cannot freely...

Helen Keller: We cannot freely...

We cannot freely and wisely choose the right way for ourselves unless we know both good and...

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Helen Keller: [Death] is no...

Helen Keller: [Death] is no...

[Death] is no more than passing from one room to another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that...

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Dorothy Parker: He is beyond...

Dorothy Parker: He is beyond...

He is beyond question a writer of power; and his power lies in his ability to make sex so thoroughly, graphically,...

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Dorothy Parker: My verses, I...

Dorothy Parker: My verses, I...

My verses, I cannot say poems. . . . I was following in the exquisite footsteps of Miss Millay, unhappily in my own...

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Dorothy Parker: It's like meeting...

Dorothy Parker: It's like meeting...

It's like meeting God without dying.

Source: Of Orson Welles.
-- Dorothy Parker,...

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Dorothy Parker: Women and elephants...

Dorothy Parker: Women and elephants...

Women and elephants never forget.

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

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Helen Keller: I don't want...

Helen Keller: I don't want...

I don't want peace that passeth understanding, I want understanding which bringeth peace.

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Dorothy Parker: Wit has truth...

Dorothy Parker: Wit has truth...

Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

Source: In...

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Dorothy Parker: Well, there are...

Dorothy Parker: Well, there are...

Well, there are always those who cannot distinguish between glitter and glamour . . . the glamour of Isadora Duncan...

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