Morals are private. Decency is public.
RITA MAE BROWN Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
RITA MAE BROWN Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.
RITA MAE BROWN If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle.
RITA MAE BROWN You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
RITA MAE BROWN I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
RITA MAE BROWN The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. L...
RITA MAE BROWN About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love yo...
RITA MAE BROWN Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
RITA MAE BROWN One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
RITA MAE BROWN I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.
RITA MAE BROWN Sorrow is how we learn to love. Your heart isn't breaking. It hurts because it's getting larger. The...
RITA MAE BROWN I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
RITA MAE BROWN Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional ...
RITA MAE BROWN To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.
RITA MAE BROWN Love is the wild card of existence.
RITA MAE BROWN I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
RITA MAE BROWN Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.
RITA MAE BROWN The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of men...
RITA MAE BROWN Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful...It's made for the losers.
RITA MAE BROWN Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda and entertainment without moral passion is televis...
RITA MAE BROWN Why can't peace be a single overriding common purpose: why do we wait for a crisis to pull us togeth...
RITA MAE BROWN If this were a logical world, men would ride side saddle.
RITA MAE BROWN Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.
RITA MAE BROWN I became a lesbian out of devout Christian charity. All those women out there are praying for a man ...
RITA MAE BROWN No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love. The only queer people are tho...
RITA MAE BROWN Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
RITA MAE BROWN Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are go...
RITA MAE BROWN Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
RITA MAE BROWN I think the reward for conformity is everyone likes you but yourself.
RITA MAE BROWN A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.
RITA MAE BROWN Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.
RITA MAE BROWN I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollar...
RITA MAE BROWN The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of me...
RITA MAE BROWN My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm g...
RITA MAE BROWN Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells you where its people came from and where they are goi...
RITA MAE BROWN Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the ab...
RITA MAE BROWN Intuition is a suspension o f logic due to impatience.
RITA MAE BROWN Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because ...
RITA MAE BROWN Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides.
RITA MAE BROWN Women need to feel loved and men need to feel needed.
RITA MAE BROWN Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.
RITA MAE BROWN The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of men...
RITA MAE BROWN The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.
RITA MAE BROWN Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet beca...
RITA MAE BROWN The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of men...
RITA MAE BROWN Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful - It's made for the losers
RITA MAE BROWN Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexu...
RITA MAE BROWN A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
RITA MAE BROWN A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
RITA MAE BROWN If the world were a logical place, men would ride sidesaddle.
RITA MAE BROWN The last thing I have to say is that ice is the past tense of water. I've always wanted to write tha...
RITA MAE BROWN You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
RITA MAE BROWN Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
RITA MAE BROWN Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
RITA MAE BROWN The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.
RITA MAE BROWN Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.
RITA MAE BROWN Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.
RITA MAE BROWN For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but fail...
RITA MAE BROWN Computer dating is fine, if you’re a computer.
RITA MAE BROWN One survey found that ten percent of Americans thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife....
RITA MAE BROWN The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of m...
RITA MAE BROWN As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room ...
RITA MAE BROWN Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
RITA MAE BROWN Show me a writer, any writer, who hasn't suffered and I'll show you someone who writes in pastels as...
RITA MAE BROWN Mystery books are different. Genre books are a sonnet. ... If you stay inside the format, you can sa...
RITA MAE BROWN Start with The Iliad and The Odyssey , ... Go to the beginning of Western literature and come forwar...
RITA MAE BROWN I believe all literature started as gossip.
RITA MAE BROWN Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual.
RITA MAE BROWN You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.
RITA MAE BROWN Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.
RITA MAE BROWN A life of rejection is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life ...
RITA MAE BROWN Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, an...
RITA MAE BROWN The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.
RITA MAE BROWN I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.
RITA MAE BROWN Writers will happen in the best of families.
RITA MAE BROWN Humor comes from self-confidence.
RITA MAE BROWN Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define...
RITA MAE BROWN I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.
RITA MAE BROWN While cats can be infuriating, little old women in fur coats, they make me laugh. Of course, dogs, h...
RITA MAE BROWN I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for bes...
RITA MAE BROWN The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of men...
RITA MAE BROWN My voice rings down through thousands of years to coil around your body and give you strength, you w...
RITA MAE BROWN If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle
RITA MAE BROWN What's the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and act like an imitation man?
RITA MAE BROWN When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.
RITA MAE BROWN I span many genres, ... I have a 'big leap,' so to speak. ... I've got Emmy nominations, I've done a...
RITA MAE BROWN She calls a spade a delving instrument
RITA MAE BROWN Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides
RITA MAE BROWN A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life o...
RITA MAE BROWN A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
RITA MAE BROWN I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.
RITA MAE BROWN Sex makes monkeys out of all of us. If you don’t give in to it, you wind up a cold, unfeeling bast...
RITA MAE BROWN I have changed my definition of tragedy. I now think tragedy is not foul deeds done to a person (usu...
RITA MAE BROWN I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording ...
RITA MAE BROWN The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.
RITA MAE BROWN I mean, what do people talk about when they're married?" "Their kids, I guess." "Maybe that's all th...
RITA MAE BROWN Unfortunately, Susan didn't remember what Jane Fulton once said, 'Insanity is doing the same thing, ...
RITA MAE BROWN Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.
RITA MAE BROWN Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.
RITA MAE BROWN If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
RITA MAE BROWN All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No anima...
RITA MAE BROWN Loving's pretty easy. It's letting someone love you that's hard.
RITA MAE BROWN Many a golfer prefers a golf cart to a caddy because the cart cannot count, criticize or laugh
RITA MAE BROWN Painted skies-I've seen so many that cannot compare to your ocean eyes.
MAE I was in Boots buying contact lens solution, and my mobile went off. It was Jay-Z's partner at R...
RITA ORA The best thing Jay-Z ever taught me was patience.
RITA ORA When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings.
RITA DOVE Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy.
RITA MORENO Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times.
RITA RUDNER I did six Broadway shows, and I noticed there weren't many female comedians. When I went to a da...
RITA RUDNER It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.
RITA WARFORD I wore so much rubber when I was at MGM, I bumped into the wall once, and I ricocheted.
RITA MORENO The wonderful thing about cabaret is, you can do a lot of things you can't do in a concert. You ...
RITA MORENO I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have patter that was ...
RITA COOLIDGE If I could live in a cabaret, I would. If I could live in 'Moulin Rouge,' I would.
RITA ORA Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times.
RITA RUDNER To attract men I wear a perfume called "new car interior.".
RITA RUDNER I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and ...
RITA RUDNER I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
RITA RUDNER I walked into this industry blond with red lips, and I will leave this industry blond with red lips....
RITA ORA I'm happy to be part of this organization and I'm looking forward to watching the team grow and get ...
ADAM RITA It's not going anywhere right now.
ADAM RITA We're like the Mounties...we got our man. We believe with his versatility, Stokes can bring an added...
ADAM RITA He knows what has to happen for him to be on our team. Keith Stokes knows that now.
ADAM RITA There are guys out there and we'll find one.
ADAM RITA We're interested, but he wants more than we want to pay, that's the bottom line. That's the beauty o...
ADAM RITA We slapped him on (the list) when he was placed on suspension. But we understand he's going to the N...
ADAM RITA We had to send him back. His work visa was pending. He was on a temporary visa.
ADAM RITA I don't think his style has changed that much, but his emphasis has. The emphasis now is on him to b...
ADAM RITA It was mutual. He understood we're not going to use him unless we're in dire straits. Hopefully, he'...
ADAM RITA Maybe Elvis was inhibited by inbred religious prohibitions or an Oedipal complex, or maybe he simply...
RITA MORENO I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bo...
RITA RUDNER Money isn't everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen.
RITA DAVENPORT I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times th...
RITA MERO Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling t...
RITA RUDNER I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our li...
RITA DOVE I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the re...
RITA RUDNER It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
RITA RUDNER My first American experience was in the harbor of New York City when I saw that amazing big, tall la...
RITA MORENO Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unho...
RITA COOLIDGE Some women hold up dresses that are so ugly and they always say the same thing: 'This looks much...
RITA RUDNER I have too many credit cards. You know what happened? Someone stole one and I didn't notice. I n...
RITA RUDNER My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin ...
RITA RUDNER I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portra...
RITA RUDNER Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - they've experienced pain and bough...
RITA RUDNER You are always trying to please people before you get to the public whenever you do anything that re...
RITA RUDNER They usually have two tellers in my local bank, except when it's very busy, when they have one.
RITA RUDNER I get a lot of return business. I think it's all those years I put in traveling around the count...
RITA RUDNER I love to shop after a bad relationship. I don't know. I buy a new outfit and it makes me feel b...
RITA RUDNER There are different kinds of humor, some is sarcastic, some introspective. Introspective fit my pers...
RITA RUDNER Most turkeys taste better the day after, my mother's tasted better the day before.
RITA RUDNER My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this ...
RITA RUDNER Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it's quite the opposite: ...
RITA RUDNER My mother buried three husbands - and two of them were only napping.
RITA RUDNER When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.
RITA RUDNER I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain an...
RITA RUDNER I'm a very simple person. I'm very shallow. Shallow, simple, easily pleased: that's me.
RITA RUDNER We've begun to long for the pitter-patter of little feet - so we bought a dog. Well, it's ch...
RITA RUDNER The word 'aerobics' came about when the gym instructors got together and said: If we're ...
RITA RUDNER All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism.
RITA MORENO Know yourself; keep your circle tight. Keep your friends and your work circle tight.
RITA ORA I'm a night person. My best times are midnight to six, actually.
RITA DOVE There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.
RITA DOVE Girls have always wanted to be pretty, even in Egyptian times. Cleopatra wore all that eyeliner, you...
RITA ORA There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything...
RITA COOLIDGE I love getting dressed up and glamorous for the red carpet. It makes me feel powerful and sexy!
RITA ORA I loved being in the film called 'Carnal Knowledge' - the one with Jack Nicholson, which was...
RITA MORENO My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learn...
RITA DOVE While I do occasionally order items on the Internet, it's hard to teach an old shopper new trick...
RITA RUDNER Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleas...
RITA DOVE Madonna, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe - they were myths of greatness...
RITA ORA To attract men, I wear a perfume called 'New Car Interior.'
RITA RUDNER For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.
RITA DOVE I played a Siamese girl from Thailand. I played an Arabian girl. I did a lot of American Indians. I ...
RITA MORENO I have played Polynesian. I have played an Arabian girl. I played an East Indian girl. And what was ...
RITA MORENO I grew up in Ohio, where civil-rights accomplishments had already begun to accelerate before Martin ...
RITA DOVE I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens...
RITA DOVE When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete a...
RITA RUDNER Elvis was really sweet and kind of bashful, but he didn't have a whole lot to say.
RITA MORENO I was born in Puerto Rico - I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon. It's ...
RITA MORENO Men are self-confident because they grow up identifying with super-heroes. Women have bad self-image...
RITA RUDNER Barbie ruined my life! It's a really bad image for women. For a long time I thought I was deform...
RITA RUDNER I used to do ballet all the time, and I do this ballet workout: it is an amazing thing called Barrec...
RITA ORA One time I tried to use the bathroom in the dark, and I missed the toilet, and I fell on the floor.
RITA ORA I'm a massive fragrance fan - I think fragrance is part of someone's hygiene, and I'm a ...
RITA ORA Women over 30 are usually somebody's mother in a 'Porky's' movie, being silly and be...
RITA MORENO I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on st...
RITA ORA For me, a fragrance is another way of leaving an impression on somebody.
RITA ORA If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face.
RITA MORENO I like having my picture taken and being a glamorous person. Sometimes when I find myself getting im...
RITA HAYWORTH Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.
RITA DOVE Before every show, I have to put perfume on. I know the crowd's not necessarily going to smell m...
RITA ORA Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today&...
RITA HAYWORTH 'Revolutionary Road' with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet absolutely destroys me. They we...
RITA MORENO It makes me furious to hear haters of all skin colors - especially Christian, Jewish, and Muslim fun...
RITA DOVE I am able to get up and dust myself off and keep moving forward. I'm very stubborn.
RITA MORENO The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for th...
RITA COOLIDGE I'm a huge Bruce Springsteen and Duran Duran fan.
RITA ORA My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our ...
RITA RUDNER