Patty Duke - Quotes by Famous Women Series

When Patty Duke died at the age of 69 on March 29, 2016. I realized she'd never been a part of my Quotes by Famous Women series! How can that be? 

Not only did she win an Oscar for her portrayal of Helen Keller, but as sufferer of Manic Depression she did not shy away from talking about it at a time when it was taboo - worse considered shameful. 

Here are some wonderful quotes from Patty Duke


I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill.

It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.

No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing.

When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.

Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man. - Margaret Mead

Another blog entry in my series of... Quotes by Famous Women. 

Margaret Mead - 1901-1978 was a anthropologist, women's rights activist, and author of the best-seller, Coming of Age in Samoa.

Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire. - Margaret Mead

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good. - Margaret Mead


I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce. - Margaret Mead

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had. - Margaret Mead

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night. - Margaret Mead

Do you have a favorite?

All creative people want to do the unexpected. - Hedy Lamarr

It's been a long while since I've post! I've been busy writing Guarding the Quarterback and I am halfway there. I thought I revive my Quotes by Famous Women series. Since it was her birthday the other day, Hedy Lemarr is the perfect woman to reboot these posts!





Men are most virile and most attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don't have time to teach him. - Hedy Lemarr

Any girl can look glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid. - Hedy Lemarr

American men, as a group, seem to be interested in only two things, money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook. - Hedy Lemarr

Dirt makes a man look masculine. Let your hair blow in the wind, and all that. It's OK. All you have to do is look neat when you have to look neat. - Hedy Lamarr

Quoted for The Quarterback Sneak

I love doing those picture quotes from my books. This is one of my favorite from The Quarterback Sneak. Available for preorder now!

"You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat." - Ann Landers

It's time for another post in my Quotes by Famous Women series. 

After the 1955 death of the original Ann Landers, Ruth Crowley, Eppie Lederer took over the advice column until her death in 2002.

Here are some wise words to remember... 

Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset. - Ann Landers 

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies. - Ann Landers

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. - Ann Landers

Too many people know the price of everything and the value of nothing. - Ann Landers.

Did you ever read Ann Landers column? Or any other advice columns? 

Who said "No woman gets an orgasm from shining the kitchen floor."?

Betty Friedan said it! March is Women's History Month. In my continuing series of Quotes by Famous Women here are some quotes by Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique and one of the founders of NOW (National Organization for Women)

A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex but neither should she adjust to prejudice and discrimination.

Aging is not "lost youth" but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

 It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.

When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman.

You can show more of the reality of yourself instead of hding behind a mask for fear of revealing too much.

Such great quotes! Which is your favorite? 

"I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.” Josephine Baker

Time for another Quotes by Famous Women blog post. (from Wikipedia) Josephine Baker was the first African-American female to star in a major motion picture, Zouzou (1934), to integrate an American concert hall,^[3] and to become a world-famous entertainer. She is also noted for her contributions to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States (she was offered the unofficial leadership of the movement by Coretta Scott King in 1968 following Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, but turned it down),^[4] for assisting the French Resistance duringWorld War II,^[5] and for being the first American-born woman to receive the French military honor, the Croix de guerre.

Here are some quotes from an amazing woman:

Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.”  Josephine Baker

A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.” Josephine Baker

“I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely. Josephine Baker

I improvised, crazed by the music. . . . Even my teeth and eyes burned with fever. Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.” Josephine Baker

The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.” Josephine Baker

Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball. Katarina Witt

Katarina Witt, winner of 2 Olympic gold medals in ice skating, is up next in my Quotes By Famous Women series.

Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it. Katarina Witt

I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win. Katarina Witt

I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too. Katarina Witt

I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb. Katarina Witt

If you want to read more about her click below.

Katarina Witt

“It is not sacrifice if you love what you're doing.” Mia Hamm

 It occurred to me that I never featured a female athlete in my series of Quotes of Famous Women. Hmmm...odd for someone who played basketball in high school and was 15 when Title IX passed.                        

So here are some quotes from Mia Hamm.

“Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.” Mia Hamm

“I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.” Mia Hamm

"There are always new, grander challenges to confront, and a true winner will embrace each one.” Mia Hamm

"The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.” Mia Hamm

"Physical strength in a woman -- that's what I am." Tina Turner

I was watching some Tina Turner clips on You-Tube and I thought ...duh...smack on the head.... spotlight Tina on my Quotes by Famous Women series!

Here are some inspiring quotes by Tina Turner!


"This is what I want in heaven... words to become notes and conversations to be symphonies.” Tina Turner


"Sometimes you've got to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything . . . whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you'll find that when you're free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.” Tina Turner


"I never said "Well, I don't have this and I don't have that." I said, I don't have this yet, but I'm going to get it.” Tina Turner


  "I will never give in to old age until I become old” Tina Turner

Love these quotes! Which is your favorite?

"The best proof of love is trust." Dr. Joyce Brothers

The next in my Quotes by Famous Women series is Dr. Joyce Brothers who, if you are not as old as me to know, is a famous psychologist, columnist, and author, appearing on many TV shows.

"Marriage is not just spiritual communion and passionate embraces; marriage is also three meals a day, sharing the workload and remembering to carry out the trash”  Dr Joyce Brothers.

“Don’t fool yourself that you are going to have it all. You are not.
Psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. The
marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching
for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this
reason, we never have it all.” Dr Joyce Brothers

“Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.” Dr Joyce Brothers

“No matter how love-sick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along.” Dr Joyce Brothers

She is also had a sense of humor - check out the video below...

“Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.” ― Joyce Meyer

Another post in my Quotes by Famous Women series. Joyce Meyer is all over the TV on Sunday mornings but I bet you surf right over it -  I know I do - so here are some quotes that might make me stop and listen...

 “We need a backbone, not a wishbone.” 
Joyce Meyer

“We don't want to survive. We want to be healed.” 
Joyce Meyer

“Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” 
Joyce Meyer

“There are two kinds of pain: the pain of change and the pain of never changing and remaining the same.”
Joyce Meyer

“When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening any more.” Florence Griffith Joyner

As part of my Famous Women Quotes I thought in honor of the Olympics I'd share some quotes from Olympic women!

"It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret."
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

"It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are."
Cathy Freeman


"It's better to have a rich soul than to be rich."Olga Korbut

"They may become harder to achieve, but your dreams can't stop because you've hit a certain age or you've had a child." Dana Torres

"I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match." Mia Hamm


Are you watching the Olympics? I am!

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

I'm deeply troubled by the shooting last night in Colorado. So I thought today some quotes from Mother Teresa would fit into my Quotes by Famous Women series.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
Mother Teresa



The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
Mother Teresa



We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls. Mother Teresa


Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.Mother Teresa

"Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford." Cindy Crawford

The heroine in Going For It (released date July 1) and a secondary character in Playing For Keeps (out now) is a supermodel so I thought for this post in my Quotes by Famous Women series I'd share quotes from a real supermodel...here are some more quotes from Cindy Crawford...

Not that I believe you can have it all: I believe you can have it all, just not at the same time. Cindy Crawford



Watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful. Cindy Crawford



Nobody in my family ever thought that I'd a be a model. Cindy Crawford



The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned. Cindy Crawford



The thing I like about my body is that it's strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ride my horse... I can play basketball. It's a well functioning machine. Cindy Crawford



I really like the quote about watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful! Definitely heroine material!

And "I love the idea of spending the whole day in bed with my lover." Jennifer Lopez

Another post in my Quotes by Famous Women series. 


I always liked Jennifer Lopez, but I really became a fan of hers through American Idol. She seems really sweet and someone I'd liked to have lunch with. Here are some quotes from J-Lo. 


Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.
Jennifer Lopez



I grew up in the Bronx where you would stay up late with your girlfriends, just being silly in our bedrooms, whatever. And I was always the clown.
Jennifer Lopez



If you kiss on the first date and it's not right, then there will be no second date. Sometimes it's better to hold out and not kiss for a long time. I am a strong believer in kissing being very intimate, and the minute you kiss, the floodgates open for everything else.
Jennifer Lopez


It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else.
Jennifer Lopez

Age is about life span, about the journey we take. Julianne Moore

Another post to add to my Quotes by Famous Women series:

Julianne Moore has been in a gazillion films. Here are some quotes from this multi-talented actress who is also a author of the children's book series Freckleface Strawberry:

I'm looking for the truth. The audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves.
 Julianne Moore  ( side note: so true with writing too!)

You never have sex the way people do in the movies. You don`t do it on the floor, you don`t do it standing up, you don`t always have all your clothes off, you don`t happen to have on all the sexy lingerie. You know, if anybody ever ripped my clothes, I`d kill them. Julianne Moore

It gets back to the narrative: You have to be where you are in your story and enjoy it for what it is. Julianne Moore

Have a favorite Julianne Moore movie? Mine is Children of Men.

I'm a trisexual. I'll try anything once. Kim Cattrall

I miss you blog! Been busy writing Going For It that I haven't had a chance to update my blog.
So in my continuing Quotes by Famous Women series i thought I choose Kim Cattrall because I based Ava, the secondary character in Love By Design (my Sex and the City meets HGTV romp)
using the attitude Kim brought to the character of Samantha on Sex and the City.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.
Kim Cattrall

Men cheat for the same reason that dogs lick their balls... because they can.
Kim Cattrall

I prefer younger men. In some ways, they are much more open to a woman  being stronger and independent then some of the men my age. ~ Kim Cattrall

I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset. Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett  is one my favorite actresses. 


Here are some quotes for her.


If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously. Cate Blanchett



You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually. Cate Blanchett



Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank, I don't know. Cate Blanchett



It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career. Cate Blanchett

I think your self emerges more clearly over time. Meryl Streep

We will have to see if Meryl Streep wins on Sunday but this I do know -  she is a master at her craft. She is THE actor - female or male.


I would love to have lunch with this fascinating woman. Here are some quotes from her...


I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work. Meryl Streep

I want to feel my life while I'm in it. Meryl Streep


It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead. Meryl Streep

There are improbable things suspended in space, like the earth. Meryl Streep


We are who we're going to be when we're very old, and when we're very old we are who we were when we were 8. Meryl Streep


Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there. Meryl Streep


Which is your favorite?  And see my post below - and vote for the dress I should wear.