Clare Boothe Luce Biography

Born asAnn Clare Boothe
Occup.Dramatist
FromUSA
BornApril 10, 1903
New York City, USA
DiedOctober 9, 1987
Washington, D.C., USA
CauseBrain cancer
Aged84 years
Clare Boothe Luce was birthed Clara Boothe on March 10, 1903, in New York City, U.S.A.. Her mommy, Anna Clara Snyder, was a socialite, and also her father, William Franklin Boothe, was a violinist in the orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera. Clare's parents divorced when she was young, and her mommy remarried Albert E. Smith, a famous film manufacturer.

Clare matured in a wealthy and also blessed environment, attending independent schools and also taking a trip thoroughly. She showed an early interest in creating and also began her profession as a reporter, helping various papers as well as magazines.

In 1923, Clare wed George Tuttle Brokaw, an affluent successor to a silk manufacturing ton of money. The marital relationship was unhappy, and the couple separated in 1929. Following the divorce, Clare moved to Hollywood and began working as a screenwriter. She wrote numerous effective plays as well as motion pictures, consisting of the hit play "The Women" and the movie "The Philadelphia Story".

In 1935, Clare married Henry Robinson Luce, the owner of Time Inc. and also one of the most powerful media magnates of the time. The pair had 3 youngsters together as well as stayed married until Henry's death in 1967.

During The Second World War, Clare worked as a foreign reporter permanently magazine, covering the battle in Europe as well as Asia. She also became associated with politics, acting as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1947.

After leaving Congress, Clare remained to be active in the Republican Celebration as well as became a prominent somebody, speaking out on issues such as ladies's civil liberties, diplomacy, and the Cold Battle. She was likewise a solid advocate of the arts, functioning as the chair of the National Board on the Arts and also Liberal arts from 1971 to 1976.

Clare Boothe Luce died on October 9, 1987, at the age of 84. She was a trendsetter for women in journalism, national politics, and also the arts, and also her tradition remains to inspire generations of ladies today.

Our collection contains 31 quotes who is written / told by Clare, under the main topics: Money - Women.

Related authors: Lawrence Taylor (Athlete)

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31 Famous quotes by Clare Boothe Luce

Small: They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented
"They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men"
Small: There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference
"There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference"
Small: There are no hopeless situations there are only men who have grown hopeless about them
"There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them"
Small: In the final analysis there is no other solution to mans progress but the days honest work, the days ho
"In the final analysis there is no other solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decision, the day's generous utterances, and the day's good deed"
Small: I dont have a warm personal enemy left. Theyve all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped d
"I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me"
Small: Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount
"Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount"
Small: Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there
"Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there"
Small: But if God wanted us to think with our wombs, why did he give us a brain
"But if God wanted us to think with our wombs, why did he give us a brain"
Small: But if God had wanted us to think just with our wombs, why did He give us a brain?
"But if God had wanted us to think just with our wombs, why did He give us a brain?"
Small: Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, She doesnt ha
"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""
Small: Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any other single factor
"Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any other single factor"
Small: A womans best protection is a little money of her own
"A woman's best protection is a little money of her own"
Small: A mans home may seem to be his castle on the outside inside is more often his nursery
"A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside is more often his nursery"
Small: A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some womans eyes
"A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes"
Small: The women who inspired this play deserved to be smacked across the head with a meat ax and that, I flat
"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"
Small: The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face
"The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face"
Small: The oppressed never free themselves - they do not have the necessary strengths
"The oppressed never free themselves - they do not have the necessary strengths"
Small: Technological man cant believe in anything that cant be measured, taped, or put into a computer
"Technological man can't believe in anything that can't be measured, taped, or put into a computer"
Small: Politicians talk themselves red, white, and blue in the face
"Politicians talk themselves red, white, and blue in the face"
Small: No good deed goes unpunished
"No good deed goes unpunished"
Small: Nature abhors a virgin - a frozen asset
"Nature abhors a virgin - a frozen asset"
Small: Money cant buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while youre being miserable
"Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable"
Small: Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out
"Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out"
Small: Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts
"Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts"
Small: It is matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason
"It is matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason"
Small: In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men
"In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected"
Small: I refuse the compliment that I think like a man, thought has no sex, one either thinks or one does not
"I refuse the compliment that I think like a man, thought has no sex, one either thinks or one does not"
Small: They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was inve
"They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men"
Small: There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife
"There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife"
Small: Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization i
"Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family"
Small: Thoughts have no sex
"Thoughts have no sex"