Loretta Young

“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.”

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

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

“A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“There is no personal achievement in being born beautiful.”

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

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

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

“Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character.”

“I don't yearn to be a child again.”