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Amy Lowell: Youth condemns; maturity...

Amy Lowell: Youth condemns; maturity...

Youth condemns; maturity condones.

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

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Joanna Baillie: Thinks't thou there...

Joanna Baillie: Thinks't thou there...

Thinks't thou there are no serpents in the world
But those that slide along the grassy sod,
And sting the...

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Adrienne Rich: It's exhilarating...

Adrienne Rich: It's exhilarating...

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and...

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Katharine Hepburn: Drive on. We'll...

Katharine Hepburn: Drive on. We'll...

Drive on. We'll sweep up the blood later!

Source: To her chauffeur, on fans at a...

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Sophia Loren: Getting ahead in...

Sophia Loren: Getting ahead in...

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent...

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Gilda Radner: It's such an...

Gilda Radner: It's such an...

It's such an act of optimism to get through a day and enjoy it and laugh and do all that without thinking about death....

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Mary Antin: The Wandering Jew...

Mary Antin: The Wandering Jew...

The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness. I am not afraid to live on and on, if only I do not have to remember too...

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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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Imelda Marcos: Life is not...

Imelda Marcos: Life is not...

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country,...

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Anne Sullivan: People seldom see...

Anne Sullivan: People seldom see...

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is...

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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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Freda Adler: Woman throughout the...

Freda Adler: Woman throughout the...

Woman throughout the ages has been mistress to the law, as man has been its master.

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Barbara Tuchman: Honor wears different...

Barbara Tuchman: Honor wears different...

Honor wears different coats to different eyes.

Source: The Guns of August,...

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Margot Asquith: Symbols are the...

Margot Asquith: Symbols are the...

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

Source: More or Less about Myself,...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: Whatever is clearly...

Mary Wortley Montagu: Whatever is clearly...

Whatever is clearly expressed is well wrote.

Source: letter to James Steuart, July...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: . ....

Mary Martha Sherwood: . ....

. . . what is the zest of argument when the antagonist is not allowed to answer?

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Barbara Bush: You have to...

Barbara Bush: You have to...

You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.

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Eva Peron: Charity separates the...

Eva Peron: Charity separates the...

Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the...

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Barbara Mikulski: The two-martinis-for-lunch bunch...

Barbara Mikulski: The two-martinis-for-lunch bunch...

The two-martinis-for-lunch bunch would love for us to fight each other over the resources they have made...

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Ann Richards: [Our understanding is]...

Ann Richards: [Our understanding is]...

[Our understanding is] not intellectual, but instinctive.

Source: Female vs....

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