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Clare Boothe Luce

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Clare Boothe Luce may not have a Wikipedia page, but their words have earned a place in our collection all the same. With equal ease, Clare Boothe Luce moved between Women and Politics, finding connections others missed. 16 of Clare Boothe Luce's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Women, Politics, Money, Home, and Happiness. Readers often gravitate to this one: "Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable."

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

Politics

All Quotes by 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

Women

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

Courage

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

Home

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

Happiness

“No good deed goes unpunished.”

— Clare Boothe Luce

Good

“A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.”

— Clare Boothe Luce

Best

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

Family

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

Politics

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

Politics

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

Home

“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

Women

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

Politics