Clare Boothe Luce
Clare Boothe Luce
Clare Boothe Lucewas an American author, politician, US Ambassador and notable public conservative figure. She was the first American woman appointed to a major ambassadorial post abroad. A versatile author, she is best known for her 1936 hit play The Women, which had an all-female cast. Her writings extended from drama and screen scenarios to fiction, journalism, and war reportage. She was the wife of Henry Luce, publisher of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth10 April 1903
CountryUnited States of America
A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.
The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face.
If you ever manage to make a fool of me, I'll deserve what I get.
Women can't have an honest exchange in front of men without having it called a cat fight.
I have never met a man [in the military], in or out of uniform, who ever said, "Let's use the missiles." They are even more terrified that the Bishops, because a great many of them don't expect to go to Heaven, which at least the Bishops do.
[In politics] no good deed goes unpunished
Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, lessens the friction of social contacts. . . . It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that human nature attains through words and speech the forebearance, the nobility, the romance, the idealism, that-being what it is-it falls so short of in fact and in deed.
Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very symbol of military excellence. The Corps has come to be recognized worldwide as an elite force of fighting men, renowned for their physical endurance, for their high level of obedience, and for the fierce pride they take, as individuals, in the capacity for self discipline.
I am for lifting everyone off the social bottom. In fact, I am for doing away with the social bottom altogether.
Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out.
A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside is more often his nursery.
Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts.
It is matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason.
You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a democratic world.