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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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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

In the age of acorns, before the times of Ceres, a single barley-corn had been...

In the age of acorns, before the times of Ceres, a single barley-corn had been...

People say that age is just a state of mind. I say it's more about...

People say that age is just a state of mind. I say it's more about...

My father was a simple man. My mother was a simple woman. You see the...

My father was a simple man. My mother was a simple woman. You see the...

I finally found out how priests get holy water. They boil the hell out of...

I finally found out how priests get holy water. They boil the hell out of...

I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive...

I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive...

The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten...

The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten...

I don't worry about it because we are all growing old. If I were the...

I don't worry about it because we are all growing old. If I were the...

Dont go looking for pancakes when you have flapjacks at home.

Dont go looking for pancakes when you have flapjacks at home.

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.

Most fools think they are only ignorant.

Most fools think they are only ignorant.

The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is...

The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is...

Does anyone here work in advertising or marketing? Well if you do, when you get...

Does anyone here work in advertising or marketing? Well if you do, when you get...

For better or worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of...

For better or worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of...

A person's maturity consists in having found again the seriousness one had as a child,...

A person's maturity consists in having found again the seriousness one had as a child,...