Shirley Temple

Most of the people in Ghana wouldn't know me as an actress. They'd know me for my work at the U.N.

Shirley Temple opens doors for Shirley Temple Black.

Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.

The U.N. acts as the world's conscience, and over eighty-five percent of the work that is done by the United Nations is in the social, economic, educational and cultural fields.

When I asked my mother why crowds shouted my name and said 'We love you,' she would dust it off by saying, 'Your work makes them happy.' She never let it go to my head.

I loved what I did. I remember cruel mothers who would pinch their children to make them cry in a scene, but my mother encircled me with affection.

Intentions often melt in the face of unexpected opportunity.

We would have to invent the U.N. if we did not have it, which is not an original thought.

Good luck needs no explanation.

I'm not too proud of the movies I made as a grownup except for 'That Hagen Girl', which nobody remembers but which gave me a chance to act.

When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since.

By the time I got to the Fox studio for my first major film, I knew how to hit a mark. I knew how to memorize lines. I knew how to pay attention.

I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy.

When you're a performer, you have to please a large audience. And when you're in politics, you have to please a large audience, too.

I've led three lives: the acting part, wife and mother - which is a career - and international relations. I'm proud of my career, the first one, and I'm proud of the other two, too.

I've been blessed with three wonderful careers: motion pictures and television, wife, mother and grandmother... and diplomatic services for the United States government.

I ran for Congress, just once.

I wanted to be in the FBI. I also wanted to be a pie salesman.

At the end of the Depression, people were perhaps looking for something to cheer themselves up. They fell in love with a dog and a little girl. It won't happen again.

Time is money. Wasted time means wasted money means trouble.

I've always been bossy.

Nothing crushes freedom as substantially as a tank.

I hate that song 'Mr. Bojangles.' It drives me up the wall, since it's not about him at all. He was never a bum in jail.

Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion, and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways in science, in politics, in every bold intention.

I had had enough pretend. I wanted to be in the real world.

Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.

I stopped believing in Santa Clause when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.