There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'll not be parting with that, nor our bed - the four-poster - I'll be needing that to die in.

Quote by Helen Hayes

Topics: Childhood Quotes

Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.

Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines....

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines....

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.

The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before...

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before...

Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one...

Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one...

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines....

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines....

If you rest, you rust.

If you rest, you rust.

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine...

Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine...

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of...

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of...

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem...

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem...

The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story...

The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story...

I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures...

I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures...