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Zsa Zsa Gabor: I am a...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: I am a...

I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.

Source:...

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Louise Nevelson: What we start...

Louise Nevelson: What we start...

What we start with is a conviction to fulfill our being. Horses, trees fulfill themselves. Why shouldn't...

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Louise Nevelson: I still want...

Louise Nevelson: I still want...

I still want to do my work. I still want to do my livingness. And I have lived. I have been fulfilled. I...

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The one predominant...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The one predominant...

The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.

Source: The Living of...

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Grace Hansen: For some time...

Grace Hansen: For some time...

For some time I've had my eye on Tom McCall's seat which is a great deal more than he's had on...

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Debbi Fields: You do not...

Debbi Fields: You do not...

You do not have to be superhuman to do what you believe in.

Source: In Words of...

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Debbi Fields: The principle was...

Debbi Fields: The principle was...

The principle was right there - you couldn't miss it. The more you did for your customers, the more they did for...

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Katherine Dunham: I always believed...

Katherine Dunham: I always believed...

I always believed that if you set out to be successful, then you already were.

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Sophie Tucker: Success in show...

Sophie Tucker: Success in show...

Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends.

Source:...

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Susan Sarandon: Children reinvent your...

Susan Sarandon: Children reinvent your...

Children reinvent your world for you.

Source:
-- Susan Sarandon, (Oct 4...

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Louise A Bogan: Life and death...

Louise A Bogan: Life and death...

Life and death occur, as they must, but they are all bound up with love and hatred, in the individual bosom, and it is...

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Lorraine Hansberry: Seems like God...

Lorraine Hansberry: Seems like God...

Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams -- but He did give us children to make them...

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Aphra Behn: There is no...

Aphra Behn: There is no...

There is no sinner like a young saint.

Source: Willmore, in The Rover, act 1, sc....

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Emily Dickinson: Nature is what...

Emily Dickinson: Nature is what...

Nature is what we know -
Yet have not art to say -
So impotent our wisdom is
To her...

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Anne Bradstreet: If we had...

Anne Bradstreet: If we had...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. If we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would...

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Anne Sexton: Even without wars,...

Anne Sexton: Even without wars,...

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Emily Dickinson: A Wounded deer...

Emily Dickinson: A Wounded deer...

A Wounded deer - leaps highest.

Source: 1860; Poems, First Series, 1890.
--...

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Mary Astor: It's not good...

Mary Astor: It's not good...

It's not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences instead of the...

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Michelle Pfeiffer: You know, I...

Michelle Pfeiffer: You know, I...

You know, I look like a duck. I just do. And I'm not the only person who thinks that. It's the way my mouth sort of...

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Marilyn Monroe: My work is...

Marilyn Monroe: My work is...

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation --but...

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