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Elizabeth Taylor: When people say,...

Elizabeth Taylor: When people say,...

When people say, She's got everything, I've got one answer: I haven't had tomorrow.

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Maria Schell: I have come...

Maria Schell: I have come...

I have come finally to a simple philosophy of work. I enjoy what I do and do the best I can. That is...

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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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Grandma Moses: Painting's not important....

Grandma Moses: Painting's not important....

Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy.

Source: In Words of...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: I had to...

Georgia O'Keeffe: I had to...

I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it.

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Barbara Hepworth: . . ....

Barbara Hepworth: . . ....

. . . I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.

Source: The Sculptor...

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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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Elizabeth Arden: Treat a horse...

Elizabeth Arden: Treat a horse...

Treat a horse like a woman and a woman like a horse. And they'll both win for you.

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Barbara Ward: The modern world...

Barbara Ward: The modern world...

The modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay and can be...

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Sydney Biddle Barrows: Never say anything...

Sydney Biddle Barrows: Never say anything...

Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your mother to hear at your trial.

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Isadora Duncan: Virtuous people are...

Isadora Duncan: Virtuous people are...

Virtuous people are simply those who have. . . not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state,...

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Peace Pilgrim: This is the...

Peace Pilgrim: This is the...

This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with...

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Sonia Johnson: Language, as symbol,...

Sonia Johnson: Language, as symbol,...

Language, as symbol, determines much of the nature and quality of our experience.

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Erma Bombeck: Dreams have only...

Erma Bombeck: Dreams have only...

Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.

Source: In...

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Carolyn Heilbrun: . . ....

Carolyn Heilbrun: . . ....

. . . a relationship has a momentum, it must change and develop, and will tend to move toward the point of greatest...

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Olympia Brown: The Old Testament...

Olympia Brown: The Old Testament...

The Old Testament teems with prophecies of the Messiah, but nowhere is it intimated that that Messiah is to stand as a...

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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The beginning is...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The beginning is...

The beginning is always today.

Source: From Journey in Word, ed. Cyndi Craven; an...

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Beryl Markham: In Africa people...

Beryl Markham: In Africa people...

In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one...

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Patricia Schroeder: I have a...

Patricia Schroeder: I have a...

I have a brain and a uterus, and I use both.

Source: On being an elected official...

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Eva Peron: If I fall,...

Eva Peron: If I fall,...

If I fall, look out for the crash. There won't be anyone left standing.

Source:...

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