Lillie Quotes & Sayings

If Eve was inferior to Adam because she was created after him, then Adam was inferior to the fishes, because they preceded him. — Lillie Devereux Blake

I have known great things and wonderful persons, and I have known homage. — Lillie Langtry

It is better to have the power of self-protection than to depend on any man, whether he be the Governor in his chair of State, orthe hunted outlaw wandering through the night, hungry and cold and with murder in his heart. — Lillie Devereux Blake

My mother, Lillie Specter, was an angel and totally uninterested in politics. — Arlen Specter

For as much as Hillary Clinton might hate admitting this about Monica Lewinisky, Eleanor Roosevelt about Missy Le Hand, Queen Alexandra about Lillie Langtry, Lady Nelson about Emma Hamilton, or Jackie about Marilyn, the reality is that despite their intrinsic animosity toward each other, on a a deep level, the wife and the mistress generally have far more in common than they might care to admit and could, had fate dealt them different cards, even been true friends. — Wendy Leigh

They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous. — Lillie Langtry

Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit. — Lillie Langtry

Work made me more streetwise because you can be so sheltered at home. I'd definitely encourage my kids Lillie and Karl, who are nine and seven, to get Saturday jobs in the future. — Rebecca Ferguson

I have seen that women are shut out from every means of earning a living that is really remunerative, crowded into certain narrow walks, which, in consequence, are so thronged that the poor creatures are forced to work for the merest pittance. — Lillie Devereux Blake

People share a common nature but are trained in gender roles. — Lillie Devereux Blake

I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals. — Beatrice Lillie

I do not regret one moment of my life. — Lillie Langtry

I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done. — Lillie Langtry

My agent tells me I am drawing the largest salary ever paid in the halls of England. Wonderful, isn't it? for a quiet, rural gardener like myself. — Lillie Langtry

[To waiter who had spilled soup on her:] Never darken my Dior again! — Beatrice Lillie

No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me. — Lillie Langtry

Never darken my Dior again! — Beatrice Lillie

Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me? — Lillie Langtry

Ya got to watch them bears, Lillie Girl," her father said, looking worried, " 'specially the renegade ones. They'll turn you every way but loose. — B. J. Daniels

The vows one makes privately are more binding than any ceremony or even a Shubert contract. — Beatrice Lillie

Will I return to England? I don't know. I'll think it over. — Lillie Langtry

A complete transformation seemed to have place in my life overnight. It was quite staggering, and thenceforward visitors and invitations continued to pour in daily until they became a source of grievance to our landlady, who was obliged to engage an extra servant to respond to the battering of powdered footmen on her humble and somewhat flimsy door. — Lillie Langtry

The sentimentalist ages far more quickly than the person who loves his work and enjoys new challenges. — Lillie Langtry

After being so bad I could hear the angels singing. — Lillie Langtry

We are tired of the pretense that we have special privileges and the reality that we have none; of the fiction that we are queens, and the fact that we are subjects. — Lillie Devereux Blake

Much of what was to become modern art and the changed concept of the function of museums was spurred by a cadre of women on the East Coast who changed the face of American museums. Women like Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (Whitney Museum of American Art), Lillie Bliss (Museum of Modern Art), and Abby Rockefeller (Museum of Modern Art), contributed their significant influence, wealth, and tireless enthusiasm to promoting contemporary art and artists. — Ivy Hendy

Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain. — Lillie Langtry

Just so long as all our literature is pervaded with the thought that women are inferior, so long will our sex be held in a low estimate. — Lillie Devereux Blake

It's the first time I've seen myself act, and I can't say I'm impressed. — Lillie Langtry

In the theater, I've found that, in general, reaction and laughter come easier at an evening performance, when the audience is more inclined to forget its troubles. Matinee customers must enter the theatre in a more matter-of-fact frame of mind, hanging on tightly before they let themselves go. — Beatrice Lillie

The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. — Lillie Langtry

I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking chair. — Beatrice Lillie

Said I was beautiful, did he? He's being paid for treatment, not flattery. — Lillie Langtry

I'm not afraid. I never liked long last acts. — Lillie Langtry

I'll simply say here that I was born Beatrice Gladys Lillie at an extremely tender age because my mother needed a fourth at meals. — Beatrice Lillie

I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear. — Lillie Langtry

I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must necessarily be. — Lillie Langtry

I shall fulfill my contract, no more nor less. — Lillie Langtry

I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on. — Lillie Langtry

As I tried to rub away the goose bumps, I noticed a door that looked different from the others. The door looked older than the rest and had a plaque that read: Mistress Lillie White, Head of Paranormal Societies. I hesitated before opening the door. Paranormal Societies? I'd been a fan of the paranormal for years, had even written extensively about werewolves and vampires in my urban fantasy novels, but even I didn't believe much of what I researched about the paranormal. — Cora Maxine

It was so kind of you to mention that I don't wear stays. What's the point? If you squeeze it in at one point, it only comes out at the other. — Lillie Langtry

In my experience, anyone can paint if he doesn't have to. — Beatrice Lillie

I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial. — Bert Williams

I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying. — Lillie Langtry

You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor. — Lillie Langtry

It is [every woman's] right to ignore the dictates of fashion and dress in a manner that is becoming to her own character and personality. — Lillie Langtry

Feed the dogs. I hate to hear them barking like that. — Lillie Langtry

I felt weary of the responsibility of owning houses and was glad enough to pass mine on to others. — Lillie Langtry

Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense - adapting one-self to circumstances - and a sense of humor. — Beatrice Lillie

Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead. — Lillie Langtry

I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing. — Lillie Langtry

Each little chapter has its place. — Lillie Langtry

I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco. — Lillie Langtry

On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them. — Lillie Langtry

The most grievous wrong of that day ... was to be found in the establishment of the celibacy of the clergy ... This hideous doctrine of a celibate priesthood was maintained only by a constant struggle against the better and truer instincts of the heart. — Lillie Devereux Blake

My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France. — Lillie Langtry

I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress. — Lillie Langtry