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Clare Boothe Luce
8 quotes
“I have resolved to grow old, naturally and gracefully, content in the knowledge that the greatest intellects are the homeliest ones, and that the height of sophistication is simplicity.”
Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987) first seen 1931 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Stuffed Shirts, ch. 17 (1931)
“You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a democratic world.”
Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Europe in the Spring, ch. 12 (1940)
“Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals [with] no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.”
Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Newsweek (Jan. 24, 1955)
“No good deed goes unpunished.”
Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987) first seen 1956 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Roman Candle (Leticia Baldridge), p. 129 (1956)
Also quoted by: English proverb (english)
“There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.”
Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Europe in the Spring (1940), p. 271
“A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self — in the mirror of some woman's eyes.”
Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.”
Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Always remember, Peggy, it's matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason.”
Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source