For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a MaCaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.

Quote by Ethel Barrymore

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The best time to make friends is before you need them.

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more...

You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more...

The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure - if you don't like it, the artist...

The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure - if you don't like it, the artist...

Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films...

Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films...

I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.

I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh -- at yourself.

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh -- at yourself.

That's all there is; there isn't any more.

That's all there is; there isn't any more.

The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure - if you don't like it, the artist...

The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure - if you don't like it, the artist...

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures,...

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures,...

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

When in doubt who will win, be neutral

When in doubt who will win, be neutral

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is...

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt...

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt...

Doubt cannot override a certainty.

Doubt cannot override a certainty.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

A reasonable doubt is nothing more than a doubt for which reasons can be given....

A reasonable doubt is nothing more than a doubt for which reasons can be given....

And so you see I have come to doubt ~~ All that I once held...

And so you see I have come to doubt ~~ All that I once held...