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List of Clare Boothe Luce Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 82 inspiring quotes by Clare Boothe Luce.

About Clare Boothe Luce

  • Born: March 10, 1903
  • Died: October 9, 1987
  • Occupation: Former U.S. Congresswoman
    • In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. men get elected.
    Men Letters Politics
    I know all about violence and physical abuse because my first husband used to beat me severely when he got drunk. once, i can remember coming home from a party and walking up our vast marble staircase at the fifth avenue house while he was striking me. i thought, if i just gave him one shove down the staircase i would be rid of him forever.
    Husband Party Home
    I don't have any warm personal enemies. all the sobs have died.
    Enemy Died Warm
    Technological man can't believe in anything that can't be measured, taped, or put into a computer.
    Believe Men Belief
    You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.
    Mother Sleep Divorce
    Thoughts have no sex.
    Sex
    Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, lessens the friction of social contacts. . . . it is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that human nature attains through words and speech the forebearance, the nobility, the romance, the idealism, that-being what it is-it falls so short of in fact and in deed.
    Lying Fall Creative
    If a woman's got any instincts, she feels when her husband's off the reservation.
    Husband Adultery Instinct
    I am for lifting everyone off the social bottom. in fact, i am for doing away with the social bottom altogether.
    Justice Diversity Facts
    It is matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason.
    Jealousy Suicide Reason
    Young men still desire women as much as ever, even though they don't want to marry them as much.
    Men Desire Modern Life
    I have never met a man [in the military], in or out of uniform, who ever said, "let's use the missiles." they are even more terrified that the bishops, because a great many of them don't expect to go to heaven, which at least the bishops do.
    Peace Military War
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