"A talk show host once asked the actress Angie Dickinson whether she dressed for men or for women. Her answer: I dress for women. I undress for men." — Angie Dickinson, American actress, born 1931
"Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door." — Emily Dickinson, American poet, born 1830
"The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on." — Emily Dickinson, American poet, born 1830
"I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine." — Emily Dickinson, American poet, born 1830
"I hope you love birds, too. It is economical. It saves going to Heaven." — Emily Dickinson, American poet, born 1830
"Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast." — Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress, born 1901
"Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him." — Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress, born 1901
"In language, gender is particularly confusing. Why, please, should a table be male in German, female in French, and castrated in English?" — Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress, born 1901
"I do it for the joy it brings, cause I'm a joyful girl. 'Cause the world owes us nothing, we owe each other the world." — Ani DiFranco, American singer, born 1970
"There is no less enlightenment under the tree by your street than there was under Buddha’s Bo tree." — Annie Dillard, American author, born 1945
"If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?, No, said the priest, not if you did not know. Then why, asked the Eskimo earnestly, did you tell me?" — Annie Dillard, American author, born 1945