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

There are no ugly ducklings.

Listening is more than just a very rewarding habit. After awhile you discover what a world of information you can gain from hearing what others say, and If you’re interested, you’re interesting. All the most...

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

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.

Just after I entered my teens I suddenly entertained an insatiable enthusiasm for the delightful habit of criticizing others.

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

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

When we came to do the take, I did it my way. I played it with all the emotional abandon I possessed and loved every second of my performance.

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

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!

A charming woman is a busy woman.

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

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

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

As soon as I get home from a day of work, I bathe, brush my hair, put on fresh makeup, and slip into a hostess gown.

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

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

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

I was a very wanting child.

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

I was as impatient about finding my dream man as I was about everything else I wanted.

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

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

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

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

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.

It’s so important to look relaxed.

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

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

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

I’ve always been scared to death of pain – afraid, even, to think of it.

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

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?

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

I believe you have to nurture your conscience.

Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants.

I was always independent. I never wanted to follow the crowd, but I think that following the crow is more typical of teenage behavior today than in my day. And I do deplore it.

A charming woman… doesn’t follow the crowd. She is herself.

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

I think making mistakes is as inevitable as receiving disappointments.

In common with many others in the varied branches of our profession, my academic education is subnormal.

Gratitude isn’t a burdening emotion.

I was not quite 4 when Mamma moved all of us and all our worldly goods to Hollywood.

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

Like charity, I believe glamour should begin at home.

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?

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

So I’m a square! Well, at least I’m not a square peg in a round hole.

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