Skip to content
EntityQ456413· pop 27· linked from 1,414 articles

Clare Boothe Luce

Sign in to save

Also known as Ann Clare Boothe Luce, Clare Boothe, Ann Boothe, Clare Boothe Brokaw

American writer, politician, ambassador, journalist and anti-Communist activist (1903-1987)

Person · Open Library

Born
1903
Died
1987
Works
37

Top works

  • American military aid to Chinese communist armies
  • Slam the door softly
  • Gli Stati Uniti e l'Europa
  • Margin for error
  • הנשים

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Jamaica
Active from
1948-03-22
jamaicanlovers rockreggaerocksteady

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Quotes

  • I have resolved to grow old, naturally and gracefully, content in the knowledge that the greatest intellects are the homeliest ones, and that the height of sophistication is simplicity.
  • You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a democratic world.
  • Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals [with] no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.
  • No good deed goes unpunished.
  • There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.
  • A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self — in the mirror of some woman's eyes.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ann
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
Washington, D.C.
Occupation
actor
Position held
ambassador
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
Clare Boothe Luce (R–CT).jpg
Work location
Washington, D.C.
Show 9 more facts
Commons category
Clare Boothe Luce
manner of death
natural causes
date of death
1987-10-09
date of birth
1903-04-10
name in native language
Clare Boothe Luce
different from
Claire Luce
birth name
Ann Clare Boothe
writing language
English language
Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0