Clare Boothe Luce – 12 Quotes

12 Quotes by Clare Boothe Luce

A woman’s best protection is a little money of her own.

– Clare Boothe Luce

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

– Clare Boothe Luce

Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.

– Clare Boothe Luce

No good deed goes unpunished.

– Clare Boothe Luce

Money can’t buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you’re being miserable.

– Clare Boothe Luce

A man’s home may seem to be his castle on the outside inside is more often his nursery.

– Clare Boothe Luce

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there.

– Clare Boothe Luce

In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected.

– Clare Boothe Luce

The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face.

– Clare Boothe Luce

They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.

– Clare Boothe Luce

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.’

– Clare Boothe Luce

They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.

– Clare Boothe Luce