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 man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes.
Rome is the city above all cities which loses most of its meaning to those who do not bring to it some historical sense, a decent knowledge of art, and a good amount of time. Rome therefore is particularly disturbing to an American.
A great man is one sentence.
Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes'; They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'
Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
my definition of the ideal man is 'that particular man with whom a woman happens to be in love at that particular time.
I was wondering today what the religion of the country is - and all I could come up with is sex.
I wish I were a virgin again. The only fun I ever had was holding out.
In the final analysis there is no other solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decision, the day's generous utterances, and the day's good deed.
When a man can't explain a woman's actions, the first thing he thinks of is the condition of her uterus.
I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me.
Rich women are not too put upon by their children. You don't have to do all the things for a child that those women who had to stay at home did. My Ann had a French governess who took care of her until she was twelve years old and went off to boarding school.
Technological man can't believe in anything that can't be measured, taped, or put into a computer.