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Clare Boothe Luce Quotes

1903–1987 United States

Clare Boothe Luce (April 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987) was an American playwright, journalist, editor, ambassador and political figure.

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Also known as: Clare Booth Luce

Random Clare Boothe Luce quote

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A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self — in the mirror of some woman's eyes.

The Women (1936)

Always remember, Peggy, it's matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason.

The Women (1936)

You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a democratic world.

There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.

Europe in the Spring (1940)

Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals [with] no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

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.

You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.

The Women (1936)

No good deed goes unpunished.

But much of what Mr. Wallace calls his global thinking is, no matter how you slice it, still "globaloney." Mr. Wallace's warp of sense and his woof of nonsense is very tricky cloth out of which to cut the pattern of a post-war world.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Clare Boothe Luce (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.