"I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long." Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen
"Most of teachers have but one object, viz. to draw their salary. I do not think that a teacher should have no salary. But I think they should earn it first and then think of it." Sarah Winnemucca ('Thocmectony')
"The words of the world want to make sentences." Gaston Bachelard
"I realized long ago that I could not depend on luck to bring me success. I worked hard, extra hard to improve my chance by increasing my abilities and my experience. It was my goal to accomplish, in my life, something of value and to do it with self-respect and integrity." Cornel Wilde
"Why is it that men who can go through severe accidents, air raids, and any other major crisis always seem to think that they are at death's door when they have a simple head cold?" Thelma Marjorie Ford
"I think it's remarkable that a man could write the kind of thing I do—lengthy, intricate, not dependent on sex or violence—and acquire the readership I have." James A. Michener
"Personally, I think if a woman hasn't met the right man by the time she's 24, she may be lucky." Deborah Kerr (rhymes with star)