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Fanny Crosby: I have not...

Fanny Crosby: I have not...

I have not for a moment in more than eighty-five years felt a spark of resentment against him, because I have always...

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Christa McAuliffe: I cannot join...

Christa McAuliffe: I cannot join...

I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as...

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Jinger Heath: Success doesn't necessarily...

Jinger Heath: Success doesn't necessarily...

Success doesn't necessarily make you a happy person. . . . but without the confidence and security that comes from...

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Sydney Biddle Barrows: The more you...

Sydney Biddle Barrows: The more you...

The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.

Source:...

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Kirstie Alley: I've learned that...

Kirstie Alley: I've learned that...

I've learned that you'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be...

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Rita Rudner: Before I met...

Rita Rudner: Before I met...

Before I met my husband I'd never fallen in love, though I'd stepped in it a few times.

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Mary Antin: Steadily as I...

Mary Antin: Steadily as I...

Steadily as I worked to win America, America advanced to lie at my feet. I was an heir, on Dover Street, awaiting...

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Martha Washington: The greater part...

Martha Washington: The greater part...

The greater part of our happiness or our misery depends on our dispositions and not on our...

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Louise A Bogan: I cannot believe...

Louise A Bogan: I cannot believe...

I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world...

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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...

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Emily Dickinson: A little madness...

Emily Dickinson: A little madness...

A little madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King.


Source: 1875;...

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Emily Dickinson: Assent--and you are...

Emily Dickinson: Assent--and you are...

Assent--and you are sane--,
Demur--you're straightway dangerous--,
And handled with a...

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Suzanne K Langer: If a work...

Suzanne K Langer: If a work...

If a work of art is a projection of feeling, [its] kinship with organic nature will emerge, no matter through how many...

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Margaret Sanger: Diplomats make it...

Margaret Sanger: Diplomats make it...

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.

Source: Woman and the New...

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Angela Davis: [H]uman beings cannot...

Angela Davis: [H]uman beings cannot...

[H]uman beings cannot be willed and molded into nonexistence.

Source: In Words of...

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Andrea Dworkin: Women's fashion is...

Andrea Dworkin: Women's fashion is...

Women's fashion is a euphemism for fashion created by men for women.

Source:...

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Andrea Dworkin: The common erotic...

Andrea Dworkin: The common erotic...

The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is...

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Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: All over America...

Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: All over America...

All over America there is to be found a large and growing class of earnest, intelligent, progressive colored women . ....

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Florence Griffith Joyner: I pray hard,...

Florence Griffith Joyner: I pray hard,...

I pray hard, work hard and leave the rest to God.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Florence Griffith Joyner: I don't look...

Florence Griffith Joyner: I don't look...

I don't look at myself as being famous. I look at myself as an athlete. If the money is there, I'd be happy, but I...

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