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Agatha Christie: I didn't want...

Agatha Christie: I didn't want...

I didn't want to work. It was as simple as that. I distrusted work, disliked it. I thought it was a very bad thing...

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Dorothy Gilman: But she knew...

Dorothy Gilman: But she knew...

But she knew that she had encountered one of the more devastating kinds of loneliness in existence: that of being in...

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Edith Head: A designer is...

Edith Head: A designer is...

A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.

Source: In Saturday...

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Mary Kay Ash: For every failure,...

Mary Kay Ash: For every failure,...

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock,...

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Sylvia Porter: Beware of the...

Sylvia Porter: Beware of the...

Beware of the danger signals that flag problems: silence, secretiveness, or sudden...

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Judith Jamison: I m moved...

Judith Jamison: I m moved...

I m moved by contraries, by opposites, the strength that was my mother's eyes, the beauty of my father's...

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Leontyne Price: Accomplishments have no...

Leontyne Price: Accomplishments have no...

Accomplishments have no color.

Source: In I Dream a World.
-- Leontyne Price,...

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Marilyn Monroe: A kiss on...

Marilyn Monroe: A kiss on...

A kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara is forever.

Source:...

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Claudette Colbert: You have no...

Claudette Colbert: You have no...

You have no idea what a long-legged gal can do without doing anything.

Source:...

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Cher: The trouble with...

Cher: The trouble with...

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing -- and then marry...

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Lena Horne: Don't be afraid...

Lena Horne: Don't be afraid...

Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just...

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Katharine Hepburn: I think most...

Katharine Hepburn: I think most...

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're...

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Lily Tomlin: For fast acting...

Lily Tomlin: For fast acting...

For fast acting relief, try slowing down.

Source: In Quote Disk 1,2,3, by DBUG,...

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Barbra Streisand: What is exciting...

Barbra Streisand: What is exciting...

What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other . . . but for two people to have met their match...

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Rita Rudner: My mother buried...

Rita Rudner: My mother buried...

My mother buried three husbands . . . and two of them were only napping.

Source:...

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Lynda Barry: When an attractive...

Lynda Barry: When an attractive...

When an attractive but ALOOF (cool) man comes along, there are some of us who offer to shine his shoes with our...

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Katharine Hepburn: If you always...

Katharine Hepburn: If you always...

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

Source: In The...

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Katharine Hepburn: If you survive...

Katharine Hepburn: If you survive...

If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building.

Source:...

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Marlo Thomas: A feminist is...

Marlo Thomas: A feminist is...

A feminist is a man or woman who already knows for a fact that men and women are qual and wants society to wake up to...

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Shelley Long: He [Mr. Wrong]...

Shelley Long: He [Mr. Wrong]...

He [Mr. Wrong] still shows up in my dreams, and I still don't know what to do with him. I was quite enamored with him...

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