“The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they’re too old to do it.”
"I don't need a man to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we'll ever have is the one with ourselves."
- Shirley MacLaine
Self-awareness
"It is useless to try to hold a person to anything he says while he’s madly in love, drunk, or running for office."
- Shirley MacLaine
Relationships
"The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends."
- Shirley MacLaine
Inspiration
"I don’t need a man to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we’ll ever have is the one with ourselves."
- Shirley MacLaine
Self-esteem
"The moon is too close. I want to go further."
- Shirley MacLaine
Ambition
"We cannot control who we fall in love with, but we can choose how we treat them."
- Beauty and the Beast
Relationships
"I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the word ‘diva’ and think of it as a negative. I see it as a positive. I want somebody who knows what they want out of life and isn’t afraid to show it."
- Nick Cannon
Relationships
"It’s not what’s under the tree that matters, it’s who’s gathered around it."
Relationships
"As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same."
- Donald E. Westlake
Relationships
"A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright."
- Lucille Ball
Relationships