Ladd Quotes & Sayings

I always had a trunk full of good reviews. I'd get magnificent reviews, and I'd be standing out on the unemployment line! — Diane Ladd

The Lotus grows in the most inhabitable of environments, and yet its beauty and purity persevere. A reminder that not all have to conform . . . or settle for what is." - Theodore Teizel — Bridget Ladd

I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me. — Alan Ladd

When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you can't get pretty tired of your own voice. — Alan Ladd

They do awful things in the press. One newspaper in England said I was 12 years older than I am, and I was ready to sue. — Diane Ladd

Positive energy is a wonderful thing. It's your energy not working against you. The choice is yours. - Charmainism — Charmaine Smith Ladd

My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much. — Alan Ladd

We always seem to be a bit surprised that our children are reflecting stuff that we are showing them. I don't know about you, but every movie that I saw when I was a kid, I emulated. I was Haley Mills for an entire summer and had an English accent. — Cheryl Ladd

The mission of Jesus brought not a new teaching but a new event. It brought to people an actual foretaste of the eschatological salvation. Jesus did not promise the forgiveness of sins; he bestowed it. He did not simple assure people of the future fellowship of the Kingdom; he invited them into fellowship with himself as the bearer of the Kingdom. He did not merely promise them vindication in the day of judgment; he bestowed upon them the status of a present righteousness. He not only taught an eschatological deliverance from physical evil; he went about demonstrating the redeeming power of the Kingdom, delivering people from sickness and even death. — George Eldon Ladd

The quality of films out there depends on how much responsibility we're willing to take. I try to play women who are positive and heroic. — Cheryl Ladd

We all have the same destiny. The difference is opening ourselves up to possibilities to joy, hope, and happiness along the way. Give yourself and others a chance to take advantage of what's out there and available. — Diane Ladd

The presence of the messianic salvation is also seen in Jesus' miracles of healing, for which the Greek word meaning "to save" is used. The presence of the Kingdom of God in Jesus meant deliverance from hemorrhage (Mk 5:34), blindness (Mk 10:52), demon possession (Lk 8:36), and even death itself (Mk 5:23). Jesus claimed that these deliverances were evidences of the presence of the messianic salvation (Mt 11:4-5). They were pledges of the life of the eschatological Kingdom that will finally mean immortality for the body. The Kingdom of God is concerned not only with people's souls but with the salvation of the whole person. — George Eldon Ladd

I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me. — Alan Ladd

As long as my pictures go into theaters and we ask people to pay to see what I do on the screen, I should not object if customers want to know what kind of man I am. — Alan Ladd

If I can help get anybody through puberty, I say, 'Good!' — Cheryl Ladd

You're impatient for your life to start lifting you up and making you happier. You have that backwards: if you want a happier life, you have to make it happen. It's not called YOUR life for nothing! - Charmainism — Charmaine Smith Ladd

I've always been a strong family advocate. I had a wonderful family growing up. — Cheryl Ladd

Harping should be limited to musical instruments. - Charmainism — Charmaine Smith Ladd

To work with someone you love is something special, an incredible experience. But it could be a negative. You have to make a strong commitment to be honest; you're not just being polite, like strangers on an airplane; you're working. — Diane Ladd

Change the way you think and you will change the way you feel. — Charmaine Smith Ladd

The realization was becoming clearer: How could she expect others to trust her with the intricacies of their lives if she was not not willing to reveal hers? — Sarah E. Ladd

Jesus' words are inseparable from his person. He himself is the message he proclaims. — George Eldon Ladd

God had not answered her mother's prayers and she doubted He would answer hers. — Sarah E. Ladd

I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day. — Alan Ladd

Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me. — Alan Ladd

My mother, grandmother and older sister all cooked, so it was hard to get into the kitchen. So I have no talent for cooking. I was always out in the garage with my dad. I have a tool belt. I'm a repair chick. — Cheryl Ladd

Alan Ladd was a marvelous person in his simplicity. In so many ways we were kindred spirits. We both were professionally conceived through Hollywood's search for box office and the types to insure the box office. And we were both little people. Alan wasn't as short as most people believe. It was true that in certain films Alan would climb a small platform or the girl worked in a slit trench. We had no such problems together. — Veronica Lake

Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps. — Alan Ladd

Nobody just said, 'Here, be a star!' I've joked many times that I was a seven-year overnight success. — Cheryl Ladd

I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I'm not, and there's no use wishing. — Alan Ladd

As against solipsism it is to be said, in the first place, that it is psychologically impossible to believe, and is rejected in fact even by those who mean to accept it. I once received a letter from an eminent logician, Mrs. Christine Ladd-Franklin, saying that she was a solipsist, and was surprised that there were no others. Coming from a logician and a solipsist, her surprise surprised me. — Bertrand Russell

Did any agents ever put Diane Ladd up for some of the great parts, even though she always got great reviews? No! But do they put up the girlfriend of the studio executive who's gonna do them a favor later? You betcha. — Diane Ladd

What the advertisers are trying to do by eliminating residuals is the most appalling form of greed that I cry thinking about it. — Diane Ladd

If I had my way, I'd do all my entertaining on the front steps. — Alan Ladd

Old things tell a story, Mr. Gilchrist, just as the lives of people do,' Miss Iverness's dark eyes were fixed intently on him. 'They preserve the past and remind us of how far we have come. — Sarah E. Ladd

I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white. — Alan Ladd

It's a funny thing about me. I don't have any interest in food most of the time now, although when I was a kid I was always hungry. — Alan Ladd

Jesus is now the Lord; He is enthroned at the right hand of God; He is reigning in His kingdom. But this is a Lordship and a kingly reign which is known only to believers. It must be confessed by faith. His Second Coming will mean nothing less than the Lordship which is His now will be visible to all the world. When we pray, 'Thy kingdom come,' this is what we are praying for: the effectual and universal rule of Christ in all the world, not only over believers. — George Eldon Ladd

I was the singing voice of a cartoon character. I did dog food commercials. I did a lot of commercials, actually, and helped pay my rent and my classes. Then I'd get one good line or two good scenes. I was building my career and building my own experience and learning technically what it was like to be on a set and all of those things. — Cheryl Ladd

But what Cecily did not say was how at home the girl made her feel. Talking with children was easy. Talking with adults, not to mention a handsome man, was another thing entirely. — Sarah E. Ladd

I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then. — Alan Ladd

To get a script like 'Death Proof' and to get cast in it just affirmed that I want to do character work; that's where my heart is. Maybe I will get to it again, maybe I won't, but it's what I like to do is play something a little outside of myself. This solidified the desire certainly for me. — Jordan Ladd

I'm the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life, you figure it can't ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last. — Alan Ladd

Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth. — Alan Ladd

I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else. — Alan Ladd

It is instructive, although somewhat disheartening, for the ardent advocate of a purely scientific psychology to contrast the practice and theories of his colleagues with those of the students of the principal physical sciences. — George Trumbull Ladd

It appears likely that there was no normative pattern of church government in the apostolic age, and that the organizational structure of the church is no essential element in the theology of the church. — George Eldon Ladd

Acceptance is the letter sealed within the envelope of inner peace. - Charmainism — Charmaine Smith Ladd

I only had one focus and one direction, and I knew where my spirit and heart lived, and it was in singing and dancing and acting, being that. I know a lot of young people dream that, but it's good that it worked out for me because it was all I ever wanted to do. — Cheryl Ladd

I starred in a Broadway play that was Sidney Poitier's first directing job and the cast was Lou Gossett, Cicely Tyson, Diana Ladd and I played a Jewish kid who offered himself as a slave to two Columbia University students as reparations. — David Steinberg

Two things I take very seriously in life. My golf game and my relationship with God. Neither one is simple. — Cheryl Ladd

Education is so much of an organic unity that, if any of the stages or elements of it be defective, the deficiency is felt throughout all the subsequent growth of the organism. — George Trumbull Ladd

I lost many a role to actresses who couldn't do the job one-hundredth as good as I could. — Diane Ladd

I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am. — Alan Ladd

As you get older, you develop your style. For me, the simpler, the better. — Cheryl Ladd

Happiness is a conditioning of the mind and body so that happiness is totally within the way you perceive things and handle situations in life. You choose to be happy; happiness doesn't choose you. - Charmainism — Charmaine Smith Ladd

I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone. I tried for better roles over and over again. — Alan Ladd

Andy: Andrew Makepeace Ladd, the Third, accepts with pleasure the kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Channing Gardner for a birthday party in honor of their daughter Melissa on April 19th, 1937 at half past three o'clock.
Melissa: Dear Andy: Thank you for the birthday present. I have a lot of Oz books, but not 'The Lost Princess of Oz.' What made you give me that one? Sincerely yours, Melissa.
Andy: I'm answering your letter about the book. When you came into second grade with that stuck-up nurse, you looked like a lost princess.
Melissa: I don't believe what you wrote. I think my mother told your mother to get that book. I like the pictures more than the words. Now let's stop writing letters. — A.R. Gurney

I was shaped by the heroes in the films I saw, which you always want to emulate and be like. I wanted to be like Alan Ladd, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart. — Robert Osborne

The life and fellowship of the church is to be a foretaste of life in the Kingdom of God. — George Eldon Ladd

I think life has a way of kicking you in the pants too, but you have to pick up and move ahead, and it certainly helps if you have a good partner in life. — Cheryl Ladd

It seems only reasonable that the people have a right to know virtually everything about the personality they are buying each time they put their money through the box office. — Alan Ladd

It took 17 years to get 'Rambling Rose' made from the time Calder Willingham wrote the script adapted from his novel. Ed Scherick, the producer, was interested in it. Martha Coolidge was interested in directing it. — Diane Ladd

If you try to talk about yourself honestly when you're an actor, you come off as stuck on yourself. — Diane Ladd

I'm going to make it. Nothing is going to stop me. Nothing. I want it too much. — Alan Ladd

I'm not a nervous flier. I realize it's still the safest form of travel. — Cheryl Ladd

T.V. is the place to do the kind of films that were done in the 40s and 50s: the little guy against the system. There are so many opportunities in T.V. to do more character pieces. Everything is so hard-edged in features. — Cheryl Ladd

I had to force myself not to be overly protective because I had lost one child. — Diane Ladd

Remember that a fresh breath of life follows every sigh of exasperation. Breathe in, breathe out, and ENJOY every moment. It is how everything begins and ends. - Charmainism — Charmaine Smith Ladd

I love to travel but hate traffic and planes. I wish I could just beam myself anywhere instantly. — Jordan Ladd

Stop asking yourself how or why and tell yourself you can." - Charmainism — Charmaine Smith Ladd

You have to make peace with life. — Cheryl Ladd

It's natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn't have. — Alan Ladd

My head rested on his shoulder, my heart rested entirely in his hands And in a whisper, my words escaped: "I love you." He probably hadn't heard them. He was too focused on the movie. But he heard me; I could tell. His arms enveloped me even further; his embrace tightened. He breathed in and sighed, and his hand played with my hair. "Good," he said softly, and his gentle lips found mine. — Ree Drummond

Without the ontological assumption which goes with it, what is called science, is nothing but the dreamer's well-ordered dream. — George Trumbull Ladd

I wanted to be a district attorney and solve hidden problems or maybe even be a leper-colony missionary and save people. — Diane Ladd

Shake hands with yourself. Forgive yourself and you can learn to love yourself and others in the manner that brings you the greatest fulfillment of all. With love, all things are truly possible. - Charmainism — Charmaine Smith Ladd

I drew a line for myself. I never dated anyone that could hire me when I was first in Hollywood, and I think that kept me focused on what I was there to do and how I wanted to go about it. I took it a step at a time. — Cheryl Ladd

I'm working myself to death. — Alan Ladd

I'm terribly sad about Farrah's passing. She was incredibly brave, and God will be welcoming her with open arms. — Cheryl Ladd

We choose to live life to the fullest because it is in our best interest to do so. - Charmainism — Charmaine Smith Ladd

I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve. — Alan Ladd

Jesus' message of the Kingdom of God is the announcement by word and deed that God is acting and manifesting dynamically his redemptive will in history. God is seeking out sinners; he is inviting them to enter into the messianic blessing; he is demanding of them a favorable response to his gracious offer. God has again spoken. A new prophet has appeared, indeed one who is more than a prophet, one who bring to people the very blessings he promises. — George Eldon Ladd

Our children were trained to look after each other. — Alan Ladd

Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts. — Alan Ladd

Heck, I drank no more than John Wayne or Ward Bond or Spencer Tracy or Alan Ladd or Robert Walker. But it got me into a lot more trouble. — John Agar

Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I. — Alan Ladd

Golf has been such a gift in my life, and I've enjoyed it so much and enjoyed lots of wonderful times on the golf course with my husband first, and then I got to play in all these celebrity tournaments. I'm often the only female celebrity in the tournament, hence the term 'Token Chick.' So it's been such a great, great gift in my life. — Cheryl Ladd

What good will a tax break do me if I'm crippled for life? — Alan Ladd

A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting. — Alan Ladd

Maureen O'Sullivan did 'Hannah and Her Sisters' with Mia Farrow, her daughter, but O'Sullivan had a very minor role. — Diane Ladd

Make peace with yourself and you make peace with the world. - Charmainism — Charmaine Smith Ladd

Remember, with each dawn seek guidance, and with each night give gratitude. — Sarah E. Ladd

Psychology assumes that "things" are and "minds" are; and that, within certain limits determined by the so-called "nature" of both, they act causally upon each other. — George Trumbull Ladd

I was never trained for anything. — Alan Ladd

Strangers still leave me self-conscious. — Alan Ladd

Many years ago, I used to say, 'I haven't lived long enough to be great.' Now I don't say that. — Diane Ladd

Every time I start chasing my tail, and I'm trying to control all these elements of my universe, I pray, 'I'm not in control of any of this. I can just do the best I can. Please guide me. Please help me figure how I can move through this in the way You would have me.' — Cheryl Ladd

Our great country is rich and abundant in so many ways. It is totally unacceptable to me that we have children and families going hungry! — Diane Ladd

Have a little faith, kick a little dirt. — Diane Ladd