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From Rosa Luxembourg (I think) who fought in the Spanish Civil War: 'It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees'

The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more. ~Colleen McCullough The chief excitement in a woman's life is spotting women who are fatter than she is. ~Helen Rowland Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels. ~Faith Whittlesey Can you imagine a world without men? No crime and lots of happy fat women. ~Attributed to both Marion Smith and Nicole Hollander Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then. ~Katherine Hepburn Where do you go to get anorexia? ~Shelley Winters

Was it mrs roosevelt,who said how proud she was to have a rose named after her. not so pleased when it was described as ' 'Mrs roosevelt, good against a wall' Happy days

Thanks, ladies, for all the additions - they're all going on my list. LOL Lucia, Another famous quote of Winston Churchill's involved him getting quite drunk at dinner, whilst sitting beside a famous lady (whose name escapes me at present). She told him off for being drunk, so he said, 'Madam, I may be drunk, but you are ugly. I shall be sober in the morning!' What a great man! ;>))) CB >|<

I like the Nancy Astor and Churchill ones: 'If you were my husband I'd put poison in your tea' 'If you were my wife I'd drink it' lol well something like that, :-) Lucia

Great love them thanks CB I love Eleanor Roosevelt and also Helen Hayes Nell I love Mae West she was a one off, did you ever read her book? 'Goodness had nothing to do with it' brilliant. Pat x

One from Nancy Astor 'I married beneath me. Most women do.' Lisa

CB Those were great, and here are some of mine, from a unique woman: Mae West Too much of a good thing can be wonderful. It's not the men in my life that counts; its the life in my men! [and probably my all time favourite, on being told that 100 reporters were outside waiting to see her] I'm kinda tired - tell one of them to go away! nell

Anna, Thank you. I think I'll add that one of yours to my list. It's certainly very true - and very appropriate at times! ;>))) CB >|<

Love them CB Thought I'd add one that I've always liked. 'Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.' (Margaret Thatcher) Cheers Anna

GREAT QUOTES BY GREAT LADIES (Starting with my own favourite) Every time I close the door on reality, it comes in through the windows. (Jennifer Unlimited) Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. (Eleanor Roosevelt) Old age ain't no place for sissies. (Bette Davis) Inside every older lady is a younger lady -- wondering what the hell happened. (Cora Harvey Armstrong) If you can't be a good example -- then you'll just have to be a horrible warning. (Catherine ?) When women are depressed, they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. (Elayne Boosler) Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut her up with cookies. (Helen Hayes) The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. (Helen Hayes at 73) Behind every successful man is a surprised woman. (Maryon Pearson) Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse. (Lily Tomlin) 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) A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who never owned a car. (Carrie Snow) Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry with your girlfriends. (Laurie Kuslansky) A man's got to do what a man's got to do! A woman must do what he can't. (Rhonda Hansome) Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart. (Caryn Leschen) 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) If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them. (Sue Grafton) 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) 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 have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career. Gloria Steinem I am a marvellous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house. (Zsa Zsa Gabor) I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on. (Roseanne Barr)

I can't remember if anyone has posted these before, but I found them during my E-mail 'spring-cleaning' and thought they might produce a chuckle or two. CB >|< See below