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Eileen Caddy: Life is full...

Eileen Caddy: Life is full...

Life is full and overflowing with the new. But it is necessary to empty out the old to make room for the new to...

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Amelia Barr: Whatever the scientists...

Amelia Barr: Whatever the scientists...

Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the...

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Peggy Noonan: Great speeches have...

Peggy Noonan: Great speeches have...

Great speeches have always had great soundbites. The problem now is that the young technicians who put together...

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Helen Keller: No pessimist ever...

Helen Keller: No pessimist ever...

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or open a new heaven to the...

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Helen Keller: I am only...

Helen Keller: I am only...

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do...

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Dorothy Parker: You can't teach...

Dorothy Parker: You can't teach...

You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.

Source: In The Algonquin Wits, ed. by...

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Harriet Van Horne: Cooking is like...

Harriet Van Horne: Cooking is like...

Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.

Source:...

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Georgie Anne Geyer: I truly believe...

Georgie Anne Geyer: I truly believe...

I truly believe that women of my generation can bring a new cleansing element to American public...

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Dorothy Height: The black woman...

Dorothy Height: The black woman...

The black woman had had to struggle against being a person of great strength.

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Margaret Fuller: It is not...

Margaret Fuller: It is not...

It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made...

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Phyllis Battelle: The general rule...

Phyllis Battelle: The general rule...

The general rule is that people who enjoy life also enjoy marriage.

Source: Hearst...

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Martha Gellhorn: People may correctly...

Martha Gellhorn: People may correctly...

People may correctly remember the events of twenty years ago (a remarkable feat), but who remembers his fears, his...

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Fanny Burney: But if the...

Fanny Burney: But if the...

But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment. . ....

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Dinah Shore: Trouble is part...

Dinah Shore: Trouble is part...

Trouble is part of your life -- if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you...

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Pearl Bailey: The first and...

Pearl Bailey: The first and...

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.

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Pearl Bailey: No one can...

Pearl Bailey: No one can...

No one can figure out your worth but you.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Pearl Bailey: I see their...

Pearl Bailey: I see their...

I see their souls, and I hold them in my hands, and because I love them they weigh nothing. [on...

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Millicent Fenwick: The curious fascination...

Millicent Fenwick: The curious fascination...

The curious fascination in this job [U.S. representative] is the illusion that either you are being useful or you...

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Nancy Reagan: I must say...

Nancy Reagan: I must say...

I must say acting was good training for the political life which lay ahead for us.

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Imelda Marcos: I get so...

Imelda Marcos: I get so...

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so...

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