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Johnnetta Betsch Cole: If folks can...

Johnnetta Betsch Cole: If folks can...

If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum,...

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Gayl Jones: You change the...

Gayl Jones: You change the...

You change the rhythm of the talk and respoonse and you change the rhythm between the talk and the...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: [Sun-bleached bones] were...

Georgia O'Keeffe: [Sun-bleached bones] were...

[Sun-bleached bones] were most wonderful against the blue -- that blue that will always be there as it is now after...

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Helena Rubinstein: Men are just...

Helena Rubinstein: Men are just...

Men are just as vain as women, and sometimes even more so.

Source: In The Last Word...

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Est?e Lauder: Touch a face....

Est?e Lauder: Touch a face....

Touch a face. Touch a hand. Say, This is for you, this is what I want you, to wear.

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Kathy Ireland: . . ....

Kathy Ireland: . . ....

. . . I saw people willing to compromise themselves, or change themselves, to acquire what they thought was important....

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Katharine Graham: If one is...

Katharine Graham: If one is...

If one is rich and one's a woman, one can be quite misunderstood.

Source: In The...

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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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Joan Rivers: After we made...

Joan Rivers: After we made...

After we made love he took a piece of chalk and made an outline of my body.

Source:...

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Doris Day: Wrinkles are hereditary....

Doris Day: Wrinkles are hereditary....

Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.

Source: In A...

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Oprah Winfrey: You can have...

Oprah Winfrey: You can have...

You can have it all. You just can't have it all at one time.

Source: In Ladies Home...

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Catherine the Great: I shall be...

Catherine the Great: I shall be...

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and that good Lord will forgive me, that's his.

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Lady Bird Johnson: Any committee is...

Lady Bird Johnson: Any committee is...

Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody...

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Ruby Dee: Paradise is to...

Ruby Dee: Paradise is to...

Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other. The music people...

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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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May Sarton: In a total...

May Sarton: In a total...

In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place.

Source: Mrs....

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Nikki Giovanni: Mistakes are a...

Nikki Giovanni: Mistakes are a...

Mistakes are a fact of life
It is the response to error that counts.


Source: Of...

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Zora Neale Hurston: There are years...

Zora Neale Hurston: There are years...

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Marilyn vos Savant: Skill is successfully...

Marilyn vos Savant: Skill is successfully...

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is...

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Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: Each of the...

Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: Each of the...

Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse,...

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