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Emily Dickinson: They say God...

Emily Dickinson: They say God...

They say God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

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Beah Richards: Heaven and earth!...

Beah Richards: Heaven and earth!...

Heaven and earth! How is it that bodies join but never meet?

Source: It's Time for...

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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: God gave a...

Emily Dickinson: God gave a...

God gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me.

Source: In An Uncommon...

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Emily Dickinson: I argue thee...

Emily Dickinson: I argue thee...

I argue thee that love is life
And life hath immortality.


Source: In Words of...

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Mae West: You can say...

Mae West: You can say...

You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.

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George Eliot: Boots and shoes...

George Eliot: Boots and shoes...

Boots and shoes are the greatest trouble of my life. Everything else one can turn and turn about, and make old look...

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George Eliot: Every woman is...

George Eliot: Every woman is...

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.

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Jane Austen: It will, I...

Jane Austen: It will, I...

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of...

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Dorothy Parker: I was fired...

Dorothy Parker: I was fired...

I was fired from there, finally, for a lot of things, among them my insistence that the Immaculate Conception was...

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Dorothy Parker: Hollywood money isn't...

Dorothy Parker: Hollywood money isn't...

Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are.

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Maya Angelou: Nature has no...

Maya Angelou: Nature has no...

Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, 'I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I...

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Susan Sontag: Religion is probably,...

Susan Sontag: Religion is probably,...

Religion is probably, after sex, the second oldest resource which human beings have available to them for blowing...

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Susan Sontag: The truth is...

Susan Sontag: The truth is...

The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there...

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Dorothy Uhnak: He maintained that...

Dorothy Uhnak: He maintained that...

He maintained that the case was lost or won by the time the final juror had been sworn in; his summation was set in...

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Margaret Bourke-White: Only by his...

Margaret Bourke-White: Only by his...

Only by his action can a man make (himself/his life) whole . . . . You are responsible for what you have done and the...

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Erma Bombeck: It is fast...

Erma Bombeck: It is fast...

It is fast approaching the point where I don't want to elect anyone stupid enough to want the...

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Erma Bombeck: A child develops...

Erma Bombeck: A child develops...

A child develops individuality long before he develops taste. I have seen my kid straggle into the kitchen in the...

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Susan B Anthony: [T]here never will...

Susan B Anthony: [T]here never will...

[T]here never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect...

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Helen Rowland: Failing to be...

Helen Rowland: Failing to be...

Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except to be there when he doesn't want...

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