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
Remember, whenever a Republican leaves one side of the aisle and goes to the other, it raises the intelligence quotient of both parties.
If men had to bear babies, there'd never be more than one child in a family.
There aren't many women now I'd like to see as President - but there are fewer men.
There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife.
Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any other single factor.
Rome is the city above all cities which loses most of its meaning to those who do not bring to it some historical sense, a decent knowledge of art, and a good amount of time. Rome therefore is particularly disturbing to an American.
I refuse the compliment that I think like a man, thought has no sex, one either thinks or one does not.
A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes.
Bombs know no ism but barbarism. The laws that successfully govern a peaceful and democratic society do not interfere with the only law bombs know, which is the law of gravity.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
If old age means a crown of thorns, the trick is to wear it jauntily.
Enemies may seek our destruction, but they also keep us on our toes and often help us figure out who we are and what we stand for.
The main thing is to get what little happiness there is out of life in this wartorn world because ‘these are the good old days’ now.