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Oprah Winfrey: For everyone of...

Oprah Winfrey: For everyone of...

For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way...

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Sally Field: I really have...

Sally Field: I really have...

I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people....

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Jeanne Moreau: I don't think...

Jeanne Moreau: I don't think...

I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing...

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Maggie Smith: Little girls, I...

Maggie Smith: Little girls, I...

Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the cr?me de la...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Books succeed, and...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Books succeed, and...

Books succeed, and lives fail.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry is life...

Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry is life...

Poetry is life distilled.

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

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Alice Duer Miller: They make other...

Alice Duer Miller: They make other...

They make other nations seem pale and flighty,
But they do think England is God almighty,
And you must remind...

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Marlene Dietrich: I love quotations...

Marlene Dietrich: I love quotations...

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by...

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Barbra Streisand: Men are allowed...

Barbra Streisand: Men are allowed...

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work . . . a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not...

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Gracie Allen: I read a...

Gracie Allen: I read a...

I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start...

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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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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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Lillian Gish: You know, when...

Lillian Gish: You know, when...

You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and...

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Edith Head: I have yet...

Edith Head: I have yet...

I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals -- like Lassie.

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Barbara Hepworth: [My works are]...

Barbara Hepworth: [My works are]...

[My works are] an imitation of my own past and present and of my own creative vitality as I experience them in one...

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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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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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Christa McAuliffe: What are we...

Christa McAuliffe: What are we...

What are we doing here? We're reaching for the stars.

Source: In Time, 10 Feb...

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Barbara De Angelis: If you aren't...

Barbara De Angelis: If you aren't...

If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Sow good services:...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Sow good services:...

Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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