124 Quotes by Clare Boothe Luce

H. L. Mencken told me once that he answered all his mail, pleasant and unpleasant, with just one line, 'You may be right.' That's the way I feel now. It is in the realm of possibility, just barely, that I could be the one who's wrong.

Remember, whenever a Republican leaves one side of the aisle and goes to the other, it raises the intelligence quotient of both parties.

If men had to bear babies, there'd never be more than one child in a family.

There aren't many women now I'd like to see as President - but there are fewer men.

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.

Bombs know no ism but barbarism. The laws that successfully govern a peaceful and democratic society do not interfere with the only law bombs know, which is the law of gravity.

If old age means a crown of thorns, the trick is to wear it jauntily.

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.

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.