my definition of the ideal man is 'that particular man with whom a woman happens to be in love at that particular time. Clare Boothe Luce More Quotes by Clare Boothe Luce More Quotes From Clare Boothe Luce There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them. Clare Boothe Luce hopepositivemen I don't think my position unusual for a woman. I'm following a perfectly natural urge to do what I like. Clare Boothe Luce perfectly-naturalunusualthinking [In politics] no good deed goes unpunished Clare Boothe Luce good-deedspoliticaldeeds Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable. Clare Boothe Luce miserablemoneylife 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 strong-womenindependent-womeninspirational The main thing is to get what little happiness there is out of life in this wartorn world because ‘these are the good old days’ now. Clare Boothe Luce old-dayslittlesworld Enemies may seek our destruction, but they also keep us on our toes and often help us figure out who we are and what we stand for. Clare Boothe Luce who-we-aremayenemy What generally passes for 'thought' among the majority of mankind is the time one takes out to rearrange one's prejudices. Clare Boothe Luce majorityprejudicethinking If men had to bear babies, there'd never be more than one child in a family. Clare Boothe Luce babymenchildren Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. Clare Boothe Luce couragemotivationallife Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals - With no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff. Clare Boothe Luce opiatescommunismmight The women who inspired this play deserved to be smacked across the head with a meat ax and that, I flatter myself, is exactly what I smacked them with. Clare Boothe Luce inspiredmeatplay 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 partysidesremember I refuse the compliment that I think like a man, thought has no sex, one either thinks or one does not. Clare Boothe Luce mensexthinking There aren't many women now I'd like to see as President - but there are fewer men. Clare Boothe Luce presidentmensex There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife. Clare Boothe Luce womenappreciateappreciation But if God had wanted us to think just with our wombs, why did He give us a brain? Clare Boothe Luce godgivingthinking Women can't have an honest exchange in front of men without having it called a cat fight. Clare Boothe Luce catfightingmen A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes. Clare Boothe Luce womeneyelove all history shows that the hand that cradles the rock has ruled the world, not the hand that rocks the cradle! Clare Boothe Luce rockshandsworld