Valerie Harper Quotes & Sayings

Be grateful for each moment we have and be happy, but more than anything live it fully. — Valerie Harper

What is the male equivalent of Bimbo? — Valerie Harper

I heard that someone asked Mother Teresa what was most important in her work. I thought she'd say the Rosary but she said, 'My nuns and I take very good care of ourselves so we can tend to the lepers and do whatever we need to assist.' If you're strong, or at least not hurting, you can inspire others. — Valerie Harper

Life does not owe me a shred. — Valerie Harper

However motherhood comes to you, it's a miracle. — Valerie Harper

Dessert doesn't count if you eat under an assumed identity. — Valerie Harper

I long ago came to the understanding that the problems I once had with food were not merely about food. Eating was a way of trying to fill up the emptiness, to provide comfort. It was a substitute for love. I'm not referring to the love that comes from someone else. The love that was missing from my life was self-love. With age I've discovered a sense of worth that makes me less hungry. A piece of cake is just a piece of cake. — Valerie Harper

I really want Americans, and all of us, to be less afraid of death, and know that it's a passage, but that - don't go to the funeral before the day of the funeral. — Valerie Harper

Do not tell somebody how to vote, just go up to them and tell them what Fahrenheit 9/11 meant to you. Fahrenheit will probably not win an Academy Award, but if you put it first on your list, it will become a nominee. — Valerie Harper

I used to get some ego thing out of saying I wasn't a star, just an actress. Forget it. I'm a star. I wanted it. I worked for it. I got it. — Valerie Harper

Life is amazing. Live it to the fullest. Stay as long as you can. — Valerie Harper

We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do. — Valerie Harper

I'm painfully middle class. — Valerie Harper

I'm trying to live every moment as much as I can. — Valerie Harper

Don't go to the funeral until the day of the funeral - live this day, — Valerie Harper

Don't miss your life. — Valerie Harper

We're all terminal; none of us are getting out of this alive. — Valerie Harper

I don't think of dying, I think of being here now. — Valerie Harper

In a one-woman show, there must be compelling material that you adore. In both of these there are conversations with you and another character. My Second City (improvisation) background comes in very handy for accent and body posture. — Valerie Harper

When I was younger I'd berate myself: You're fat, you're not a good dancer, you'll never have a boyfriend. I don't sweat that kind of stuff anymore. Now every day is a miracle. I've also learned that if something is painful or upsetting, you shouldn't hide from it. You should make it part of your life instead. — Valerie Harper