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

Quote by Ethel Barrymore

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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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus,...

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus,...

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.

Nobody believes the official spokesman, but everybody trusts an unidentified source.

Nobody believes the official spokesman, but everybody trusts an unidentified source.

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

Apparently I'm a 'Long' texter. Thanks for the criticism. Next time I'll just write 'F*ck...

Apparently I'm a 'Long' texter. Thanks for the criticism. Next time I'll just write 'F*ck...

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk-dancing.

You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk-dancing.

Sometimes at home I talk in my sleep, but at school I sleep while others...

Sometimes at home I talk in my sleep, but at school I sleep while others...

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

So he said 'I'm going to chop off the bottom of one of your trouser...

So he said 'I'm going to chop off the bottom of one of your trouser...

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of...

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of...

Never fight an inanimate object.

Never fight an inanimate object.

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by...

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by...

Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness...

Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness...

The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is...

The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is...

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.