Clare Boothe Luce

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

Quotes

 * 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.
 * Stuffed Shirts, ch. 17 (1931)


 * You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a democratic world.
 * Europe in the Spring, ch. 12 (1940)


 * Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals [with] no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.
 * Newsweek (Jan. 24, 1955)


 * No good deed goes unpunished.
 * Roman Candle (Leticia Baldridge), p. 129 (1956)


 * There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.
 * Europe in the Spring (1940), p. 271

The Women (1936)

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


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


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