Clare Boothe Luce
Clare Boothe Luce
Clare Boothe Lucewas an American author, politician, US Ambassador and notable public conservative figure. She was the first American woman appointed to a major ambassadorial post abroad. A versatile author, she is best known for her 1936 hit play The Women, which had an all-female cast. Her writings extended from drama and screen scenarios to fiction, journalism, and war reportage. She was the wife of Henry Luce, publisher of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth10 April 1903
CountryUnited States of America
A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside is more often his nursery.
I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me.
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there.
I was wondering today what the religion of the country is - and all I could come up with is sex.
Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals.
I wish I were a virgin again. The only fun I ever had was holding out.
What generally passes for 'thought' among the majority of mankind is the time one takes out to rearrange one's prejudices.
Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals - With no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.
The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face.
Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.
A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.
all history shows that the hand that cradles the rock has ruled the world, not the hand that rocks the cradle!
H. L. Mencken told me once that he answered all his mail, pleasant and unpleasant, with just one line, 'You may be right.' That's the way I feel now. It is in the realm of possibility, just barely, that I could be the one who's wrong.
Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes'; They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'