You can't always be a leading lady.

“You know the legend, lady, but you don’t know the man. And damn if I’m not tempted to introduce you to the man.”

— Lorraine Heath

“Upon her butler’s announcing the arrival of Mr Ravenscar, Lady Mablethorpe, who had been dozing over a novel from the Circulating Library, sat up…

— Georgette Heyer

People see me as a tomboy. But I can be quite a lady if I want to be.

— Esha Deol

I loved 'Funny Lady' for whatever reason. People say they didn't know I could sing and dance. Well, nobody ever asks me - it's…

— James Caan

It's wonderful to see a young lady headbutt somebody and kick somebody's face.

— William Regal

A fine lady; by which term I wish to express the result of that perfect education in taste and manner, down to every gesture,…

— Charles Kingsley

“A lady need never apologize. ~ Joseph de Bonaparte (Brother of Napoleon)”

— Allison Pataki

I haven't talked to any young artists for a long time. But if we did sit down, I'd definitely tell them my viewpoint. If…

— Suzi Quatro

A good leader brins the lady partner dance level to a superior level.

— Donnie Burns

Maybe because Im a nice and sweet person in life, I like the darker roles. The really dark one is Lady Macbeth.

— Anna Netrebko

“Age doesn’t make you a man my lady. If he’s that easily swayed away from a beauty such as you then he’s still a…

— E. Leighanne Grimm-Weever

In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the others. The…

— Murasaki Shikibu

Every discussion of the status of woman is complicated by the existence of the lady. She overshadows the rest of her sex.

— Emily James Smith Putnam

“Have the last word ma'm," he said cheerfully. "It's a lady's privilege.”

— Willa Cather

“Lady, no man in his right mind would want to kill you. There’s many things I could think of that a man would want…

— Johanna Lindsey