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
They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.
Remember, whenever a Republican leaves one side of the aisle and goes to the other, it raises the intelligence quotient of both parties.
Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any other single factor.
all history shows that the hand that cradles the rock has ruled the world, not the hand that rocks the cradle!
Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.
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.
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
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.