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Margaret Sanger: The real hope...

Margaret Sanger: The real hope...

The real hope of the world lies in putting as painstaking thought into the business of mating as we do into other big...

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Ilka Chase: You can always...

Ilka Chase: You can always...

You can always spot a well-informed man -- his views are the same as yours.

Source:...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I read Shakespeare...

Tallulah Bankhead: I read Shakespeare...

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal...

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Ingrid Bergman: I have no...

Ingrid Bergman: I have no...

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to...

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Ava Gardner: After my screen...

Ava Gardner: After my screen...

After my screen test, the director clapped his hands gleefully and yelled, She can't talk! She can't act! She's...

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Marlo Thomas: Never face facts;...

Marlo Thomas: Never face facts;...

Never face facts; if you do you'll never get up in the morning.

Source: From an...

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Sally Field: I was raised...

Sally Field: I was raised...

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: A man in...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: A man in...

A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished.

Source: In...

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Elizabeth Ashley: The only thing...

Elizabeth Ashley: The only thing...

The only thing I like about being an actress is acting.

Source: In The Last Word -...

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Maria Schell: I like Americans....

Maria Schell: I like Americans....

I like Americans. They always make an effort when they meet you. They want to be liked and to like you; it is always...

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Kirstie Alley: I'm happy when...

Kirstie Alley: I'm happy when...

I'm happy when I'm juggling, but I feel like I've gone from, like, 3 balls to 10 -- bowling balls. But, that's a good...

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Anouk Aimee: You can only...

Anouk Aimee: You can only...

You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.

Source: In The...

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Simone Signoret: He bore no...

Simone Signoret: He bore no...

He bore no grudge against those he had wronged.

Source: On film executive Jack L....

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Louise Nevelson: True strength is...

Louise Nevelson: True strength is...

True strength is delicate.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Mary Kay Ash: Criticize the act,...

Mary Kay Ash: Criticize the act,...

Criticize the act, not the person.

Source:
-- Mary Kay Ash, (May 12 1915-2001),...

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Audiences are always...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Audiences are always...

Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of...

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Sylvia Porter: One of the...

Sylvia Porter: One of the...

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is...

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Faith Popcorn: The trouble with...

Faith Popcorn: The trouble with...

The trouble with corporate America is that too many people with too much power live in a box (their home), travel the...

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Miriam Makeba: People in the...

Miriam Makeba: People in the...

People in the United States still have a 'Tarzan' movie view of Africa. That's because in the movies all you see are...

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Bette Midler: I didn't belong...

Bette Midler: I didn't belong...

I didn't belong as a kid, and that always bothered me. If only I'd known that one day my differentness would be an...

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