Memorable Quotes - Page 9

• People change and forget to tell each other.

  Lillian Hellman

  Relationship, Change, Marriage

  Lillian Hellman (1960). “Toys in the Attic: A Drama in Three Acts”, Dramatist's Play Service

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• I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

  Lillian Hellman

  Women, People, Speak

  "Untamed Tongues : Wild Words from Wild Women". Book by Autumn Stephens (p. 132), 1993.

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• From depression to ceiling fans, I've been through it all. I've taken almost every step that life has to offer and invariably I've found several different endings to my Choose Your Own Adventure stories. I've lived, loved, sacrificed and scraped for this existence, this paltry little city state I call my time so far. And by God, I wouldn't change a single frame of this movie.

  Corey Taylor

  Taken, Adventure, Cities

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• I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Sex, Women, Inferiors

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• Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Women, Acting, Four

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

  Harriet Van Horne

  Love, Food, Cooking Dinner

  1956 Vogue, Oct.

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  Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.

  Ann Richards

  Education, Teaching, Diversity

  Ann Richards (2013). “Straight from the Heart”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

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  I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again.

  Joan Rivers

  Funny, Hilarious, Hate

  Quoted in Michele Brown and Ann O'Connor, Woman Talk (1984)

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• I’ve had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tupperware.

  Joan Rivers

  Laughing, Comedian, Age

  "Cutup". Interview with Deborah Solomon, www.nytimes.com. December 31, 2008.

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• People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.

  Joan Rivers

  Happiness, Money, Funny Life

  "Remembering Joan Rivers" by Erica Diamond, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 8, 2014.

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• I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I'd look like without plastic surgery.

  Joan Rivers

  Comedian, Wish, Looks

  "On Being Blonde" by P. Munier, (p. 84), 2004.

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• I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.

  Joan Rivers

  Women, Stomach, Thighs

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• My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash.

  Joan Rivers

  Dog, Baby, Kids

  "Funny Ladies". Book by B. Adler, 2001.

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• Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top.

  Joan Rivers

  Art, Swimming, Oil

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have a wonderful psychiatrist that I see maybe once a year, because I don't need it. It all comes out onstage.

  Joan Rivers

  Years, Needs, Wonderful

  Interview with Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. June 09, 2010.

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• My heart is like a singing bird.

  Christina Rossetti

  Heart, Bird, Singing

  "A Birthday" l. 1 (1862)

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• Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them.

  Helen Rowland

  Nature, Men, Infidelity

  Helen Rowland (2017). “A Guide to Men: Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl”, p.30, Litres

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• My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our lives.

  Rita Rudner

  Funny, Life, Wedding

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• Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Death, Running

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30

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• There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [259]

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• Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Mind, Guilt

  'Henry VI, Part 3' (1592) act 5, sc. 6, l. 11

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• We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Business, Good Life

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 4, sc. 5, l. [43]

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• The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

  William Shakespeare

  Witty, Atheist, Venice

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 3, l. [99]

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• Dr. Lourie's determined and compassionate advocacy led to new and improved services for thousands of children and families across the nation... the Lourie Center has rededicated itself institutionally to continuing his important work.

  C. Everett Koop

  Children, Important, Drs

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• The Lourie Center...is a national pioneer in developing and applying early intervention techniques to diagnose and treat emotional and developmental problems in young children.

  Connie Morella

  Children, Emotional, Technique

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