Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it.

There is no personal achievement in being born beautiful.

As an actress, I have to be objective about myself. If I don't criticize myself, there are plenty who will do a find job of it for me!

In my dreams, I could be a Princess, and that's what I was. Like most little girls, I believed nothing less than a Prince could make my dreams come true.

Nearly everyone I met, worked with, or read about was my teacher, one way or another.

If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere.

Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you.

Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.

I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself.

Glamour is something you can't bear to be without once you're used to it.

I do not hold with those who think it is all right to do whatever you want so long as it doesn't hurt anyone. Who's to be the judge of that?

A pleasant voice, which has to include clear enunciation, is not only attractive to those who hear it... its appeal is permanent.

Gratitude isn't a burdening emotion.

I'd thought of myself as a great big motion picture star from the time I was 6.

It's so important to look relaxed.

A face that is really lovely in repose can fall apart if, when its owner stars to talk, she distorts every feature.

Like charity, I believe glamour should begin at home.

No one is ever too old, too rich, too poor, to pray.

I believe that prayer is our powerful contact with the greatest force in the universe.

I want no part of making any contribution whatsoever to the despair which eventually follows downbeat thinking.

In 1949 there was a new thing called Television, to which my agency and advisers opposed as a performance medium.

Wearing the correct dress for any occasion is a matter of good manners.

Certainly tears are given to us to use. Like all good gifts, they should be used properly.

As an actress, emotions are my business, my stock-in-trade. As such, I've dealt with them nearly all my life.

Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.

If you want a place in the sun, you have to expect a few blisters.

There are no ugly ducklings.

Success can't be forced.

I was deaf and dumb and blind to all but me, myself and I.

I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for.

When I left 20th Century-Fox to freelance, my agent believed that getting big money was the way to establish real importance in our industry.

Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it.

In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.

I couldn't bear it if anyone knew I had hardly any self-confidence at all.

Everything worthwhile, everything of any value, has its price. Everything anyone has ever wanted has come neatly wrapped up in its penalties.

Just because you want to be glamorous, don't be a sheep about your eye makeup.

I don't yearn to be a child again.

I was a very wanting child.

I believe in the Golden Rule. I believe in practicing it.

A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside.

I'd lived by quotations, practically all my life.

A charming woman is a busy woman.

The split second she ceases to care is the only time a woman ceases to be attractive.

I learned you have to fight for yourself in the picture business.

I can't imagine dating a boy, meeting him only outside the home. What's a home and family for if it's not the center of one's life?

I believe in living today. Not in yesterday, nor in tomorrow.

I'm not sure the public knows what it wants.

What you don't know intrigues you more than what you do know.

I believe you have to nurture your conscience.