Quote

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.

Clare Boothe Luce

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Clare Boothe Luce
Age: 84 †
Born: 1903
Born: April 10
Died: 1987
Died: October 9
Actor
Diplomat
Dramatist
Journalist
Playwright
Politician
Screenwriter
Socialite
Writer
New York City
New York
Ann Clare Boothe Luce
Clare Boothe
Ann Clare Boothe
Ann Boothe
Sense
Meaning
Art
City
Good
Amount
Disturbing
Time
Cities
Rome
Loses
Decent
Bring
Particularly
Knowledge
Historical
American
Therefore

More quotes by Clare Boothe Luce

Image
Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
I was wondering today what the religion of the country is - and all I could come up with is sex.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
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
Image
I have never met a man [in the military], in or out of uniform, who ever said, Let's use the missiles. They are even more terrified that the Bishops, because a great many of them don't expect to go to Heaven, which at least the Bishops do.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside inside is more often his nursery.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
I am for lifting everyone off the social bottom. In fact, I am for doing away with the social bottom altogether.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
You know, that's the only good thing about divorce you get to sleep with your mother.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
If men had to bear babies, there'd never be more than one child in a family.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
Time comes when every man's got to feel something new--when he's got to feel young again, just because he's growing old. Women are just the same. But when we get that way we change our hairdress. Or get a new cook.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
Thoughts have no sex.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
The oppressed never free themselves - they do not have the necessary strengths.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
If you ever manage to make a fool of me, I'll deserve what I get.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
Autobiography is mostly alibiography.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
Remember, whenever a Republican leaves one side of the aisle and goes to the other, it raises the intelligence quotient of both parties.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a democratic world.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
Technological man can't believe in anything that can't be measured, taped, or put into a computer.
Clare Boothe Luce
Image
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
Image
I wish I were a virgin again. The only fun I ever had was holding out.
Clare Boothe Luce