Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carolyn Heilbrun

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.

Phoebe Cary

But whenever she thanks the givers for favors great and small, she thinks of the good little sister who gave her more than they all.

Leymah Gbowee

We must continue to unite in sisterhood to turn our tears into triumph. There is no time to rest until our world achieves wholeness and balance, where all men and women are considered equal and free.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

Pearl Cleage

Sisterhood is a funny thing. It's easy to recognize, but hard to define.

Laurie Colwin

Friendship is not possible between two women one of whom is very well dressed.

Laurie Holden

I think women are amazing and womens friendships are like a sisterhood and we should see more of it in television and film.

Judy Chicago

So women are at the beginning of building a language, and not all women are conscious of it.

Elizabeth Fishel

Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to become.

Will Rogers

In politics practically everything you hear is scandal, and besides, the funny thing is that the things they are whispering ain't half has bad as the things they have been saying right out loud.

Walter Lord

It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more aware of it than they were in 1954, when I was doing my research.

Pierre Salinger

A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first.

Jodi Picoult

Change is a funny thing. We never are quite sure what we are becoming or even why. Then one day we look at ourselves and wonder who we are and how we got that way. Only one thing about change remains constant...it is always painful

Paul Epworth

One of the funny things of being a producer, you have these fleeting, intense relationships with people, and they go off to global megastardom, and you don't see them.

Paul Auster

In my life, I've lived in very different kinds of places - very tiny rooms when I was young. And you do learn to cope with it. The funny thing is, as you begin to inhabit larger places, it's very interesting how quickly you adapt to your space. What seems enormous at first becomes natural after a few weeks.

Molly Ivins

And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.

Nancy Mitford

It's a funny thing that people are always ready to admit it if they've no talent for drawing or music, whereas everyone imagines that they themselves are capable of true love, which is a talent like any other, only far more rare.

Julia Sweeney

Because death and illness are the most horrible things in life, of course that's where the most absurdly funny things are going to happen.

Mark Martin

Kind of made it easy on me here at the end without me having to fight for it.

Gail Goestenkors

I wouldn't say it's an easy fix. I think it's a mentality. Once again, I feel like we have to become mentally tougher.

Rick Soracco

I think in that first quarter we could have been out by a lot more. We missed some easy shots.

Jim Kramer

It can be easy to be not ready to go. We liken it to a game. You have to be up for every game.

Marcus Banks

He just told me just run the team, make stuff easy and let's get this victory. I kind of patted him on the butt and told him don't worry about it, we'll go get it for him.

Curtis Stinson

He left the point guard spot and started roaming around. He got easy shots that way.

Gary Dilts

Half a point of market share is tough to get and easy to lose.

Jeff Horner

Grier didn't make it easy on us, but I didn't expect him to. He's a senior and they have a veteran team like we do. This meant a lot to them, too.

Adam Gilchrist

There are strong opinions being thrown around about who should be in or out of the side at a time when they are pretty easy to throw around,