"The good manners of educated Englishmen ... Such a leaping to feet,
such opening of doors, such lightning flouishes with matches and
cigarettes--it's all so heroic, I never quite get over the feeling
that someone has just said, 'To the lifeboats!'"
---Margaret Halsey
"A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't."
---Rhonda Hansome
"The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy."
---Helen Hayes (at 73)
"Achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and
done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and
that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for
achievement and forget about success."
-- Helen Hayes' Mother
"During the feminist revolution, the battle lines were again simple. It was
easy to tell the enemy, he was the one with the penis. This is no
longer strictly true. Some men are okay now. We're allowed to like
them again. We still have to keep them in line, of course, but we
no longer have to shoot them on sight."
---Cynthia Heimel
"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."
---Lillian Hellman
"For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
"For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
"For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
"For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
"For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
"People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of each of your arms.
"As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
"The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.
"The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.
"The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode, but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows.
"The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years."
---Audrey Hepburn who was asked to share "beauty tips."
"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they
should live next door and just visit now and then."
--- Katharine Hepburn
"When fate's got it in for you there's no limit to what you may have
to put up with."
---Georgette Heyer
It took me many years to stop complaining about the little things and be
grateful that they were only little things. Some of them I could change
and I did. When the big things come along, complaining is just a waste
of time and energy. Far better to try to find a lesson for the future
or, for me, to learn as much as possible about the problem and to do my
best to work with those who are attempting to help me.
Besides, there's always something funny in the worst situation.
---Christi Hill
"Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take."
---Kathy Ireland
"Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery."
---Beverly Johnson
"My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, 'What
if she's ugly? You're ugly.'"
---Beverly Johnson
"Get it right, I ain't a humanitarian... I'm a hell-raiser!"
---Mary "Mother" Jones
"You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever
see a smart woman with a dumb guy."
--- Erica Jong
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen
or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."
---Helen Keller
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."
---Helen Keller
"If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament."
---Florynce Kennedy
"The biggest sin is sitting on your ass."
---Florynce Kennedy
"I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep.
That's deep enough. What do you want--an adorable pancreas?"
---Jean Kerr
"Who ever thought up the word "Mammogram"? Every time I hear it, I think I'm supposed to put my breast in an envelope and send it to someone."
---Jan King
"Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day."
---Sally Koch
"I would love to speak a foreign language, but I can't. So I grew hair under my arms instead."
--- Sue Kolinsky
"Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry with your girlfriends."
---Laurie Kuslansky
"Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and
look stupid."
---Hedy Lamarr
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at who it gives it to."
---Anne Lamott
"Here are the two best prayers I know. 'Help me, help me, help me,' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.' A woman I know says, for her morning prayer, 'Whatever,' and then for the evening, 'Oh, well,' but has conceded that these prayers are more palatable for people without children."
---Anne Lamott
"I took a long deep breath to calm myself: breathing in I calm myself, breathing out I smile .... I've been around, I know a Thich Nhat Hanh mantra or two."
---Anne Lamott
"Opportunies are usually disguised by hard work, so most people don't recognize them."
---Ann Landers
"Making the best of things is... a damn poor way of dealing with them."
---Rose Wilder Lane
"He tricked me into marrying him. He told me he was pregnant."
--- Carol Leifer
"Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it..."
---Anne de Lenclos
"Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart."
---Caryn Leschen
"I've been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog."
--- Wendy Liebman
"I found out why cats drink out of the toilet. My mother told me it's
because it's cold in there. And I'm like: How did my mother know THAT?"
---Wendy Liebman
"It is difficult to see why lace should be so expensive; it is mostly
holes."
---Mary Wilson Little
"Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches."
---Alice Roosevelt Longworth
"The secret of eternal youth is arrested development."
---Alice Roosevelt Longworth
"I'm furious about the Women's Liberationists. They keep getting up
on soapboxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. That's
true, but it should be kept very quiet or it ruins the whole racket."
---Anita Loos
"Sex appeal is 50 percent what you've got and 50 percent what
people think you've got."
--- Sophia Loren
"I was on a date recently, and the guy took me horseback riding. That
was kind of fun, until we ran out of quarters."
--- Susie Loucks
"I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off.
I miss them terribly because they helped define me."
---Clare Boothe Luce