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.
Clare Boothe LuceYou see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a democratic world.
Clare Boothe LuceI am for lifting everyone off the social bottom. In fact, I am for doing away with the social bottom altogether.
Clare Boothe LuceWomen know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.
Clare Boothe Luce