Monday, August 07, 2006

Great Quotes by Great Ladies

This is something else that appeared in my mailbox which amused me no end! It's by way of being a fill-in because as happens every year we've been inundated with family and friends and have no time to blog.
THIS IS NOT A COMPLAINT!
And, of course, we're thrilled to see them but my liver's about to fold under the amount of alcohol it's forced to consume. This is what happens when you live in a tourist destination!

GREAT QUOTES BY GREAT LADIES
Inside every older lady is a younger lady -- wondering what the hell happened.-
Cora Harvey Armstrong
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Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut her up with cookies.
The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.
-Helen Hayes (at 73)-

Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
-Lily Tomlin-

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry with your girlfriends.
-Laurie Kuslansky-

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being, hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
-Erma Bombeck-

Old age ain't no place for sissies.
-Bette Davis-

A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't.
-Rhonda Hansome-

The phrase "working mother" is redundant.
-Jane Sellman-

Whatever women must do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.
-Charlotte Whitton-

I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -
Jennifer Unlimited-

When I was young, I was put in a school for retarded kids for two years before they realized I actually had a hearing loss. And they called ME slow!
-Kathy Buckley-

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb -- and I'm also not blonde.
-Dolly Parton-

When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country..
-Elayne Boosler-

Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.
-Maryon Pearson-

In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
-Margaret Thatcher-

I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
-Gloria Steinem-

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.
-Eleanor Roosevelt-

3 comments:

Sarah said...

I think our Maggie hit the nail on the head there!

angela said...

She was sometimes right!
Did you read about her being given a state funeral?
Angela

Kristi said...

These quotes are fantastic. The Gloria Steinem one has always been one of my favorites.