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Shelley Long: I'm not as...

Shelley Long: I'm not as...

I'm not as klutzy as I used to be . . . . I've had visual therapy and all kinds of things to help, but I still wrap my...

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Jacqueline Bisset: You've got to...

Jacqueline Bisset: You've got to...

You've got to work on your voice, it's your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where...

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Didi Conn: We stayed in...

Didi Conn: We stayed in...

We stayed in character all day long, we had everybody call us by our character's names . . . that gave us the creative...

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Shirley Booth: I much prefer...

Shirley Booth: I much prefer...

I much prefer being a man. Women have to spend so much time pulling themselves together, and their shoes kill your...

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Simone Signoret: Nostalgia isn't what...

Simone Signoret: Nostalgia isn't what...

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Berenice Abbott: Photography helps people...

Berenice Abbott: Photography helps people...

Photography helps people to see.

Source: In Berenice Abbott: An American Matter,...

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Louise Nevelson: A woman may...

Louise Nevelson: A woman may...

A woman may not hit a ball stronger than a man, but it is different. I prize that...

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Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumblebee...

Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumblebee...

Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know it, so it goes on flying...

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Susan RoAne: Networking is an...

Susan RoAne: Networking is an...

Networking is an enrichment program, not an entitlement program.

Source: In Words...

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Emily Dickinson: A word is...

Emily Dickinson: A word is...

A word is dead when it is said, some say.
I say it just begins to live that day.


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Christina Rossetti: The downhill path...

Christina Rossetti: The downhill path...

The downhill path is easy, but there's no turning back.

Source: The Poetical Works...

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Gail Parent: Do you want...

Gail Parent: Do you want...

Do you want to live in a world where a man Iies about calories?

Source: The Facts,...

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Sophie Tucker: I've been rich...

Sophie Tucker: I've been rich...

I've been rich and I've been poor; Believe me, honey, rich is better.

Source: Some...

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Mary Antin: A long past...

Mary Antin: A long past...

A long past vividly remembered is like a heavy garment that clings to your limbs when you would...

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Nancy Reagan: I have been...

Nancy Reagan: I have been...

I have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in...

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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I would rather...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I would rather...

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington.

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Rosalynn Carter: I had already...

Rosalynn Carter: I had already...

I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I...

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Jackie Moms Mabley: The teenagers ain't...

Jackie Moms Mabley: The teenagers ain't...

The teenagers ain't all bad. I love 'ern if nobody else does. There ain't nothin' wrong with young people. Jus' quit...

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Elizabeth Coatsworth: Only of one...

Elizabeth Coatsworth: Only of one...

Only of one thing I am sure:
when I dream
I am always ageless.


Source:...

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Ntozake Shange: I am gonna...

Ntozake Shange: I am gonna...

I am gonna write poems til i die and when i have gotten outta this body i am gonna hang round in the wind and knock...

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