Tippi Hedren The Birds Quotes & Sayings

Birds I am fine with - spiders are an entirely different matter. — Tippi Hedren

Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise. — Dale Carnegie

French was the only language we had in common, and even that was like a dialect we had picked up at a rummage sale, rusty and missing a lot of essential parts. — Patricia Hampl

Your thoughts carry you wherever you want to go. Weak thoughts don't have the energy to carry you far! — Israelmore Ayivor

The first time I ever acted was in 'The Glass Menagerie' in high school, and my first line was, 'I didn't know Shakespeare had a sister.' — Bill Hader

Jealousy is such a direct attack on whatever measure of confidence you've been able to muster. But if you continue to write, you are probably going to have to deal with it, because some wonderful, dazzling successes are going to happen for some of the most awful, angry, undeserving writers you know-people who are, in other words, not you. — Anne Lamott

Toby Zeigler: There's literally no one in the world I don't hate right now. — Aaron Sorkin

Mage-taught wisdom reproached him: any gift of power was two-edged. — Janny Wurts

Oh Wasn't it naughty of Smudges? Oh, Mummy, I'm sick with disgust. She threww me in front of the judges, And my silly old collar-bone's bust. — John Betjeman

I really like birds. Everyone always wants me to say that I can't stand to go near them, just like they want Janet Leigh to confess that she can't bear to take a shower. Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you. — Tippi Hedren

I don't think, generally speaking, people become writers because they were the really good, really cool, attractive kid in class. I'll be honest. This is our revenge for people who were much better looking and more popular than us. I was a bit like that, I suppose. — Steven Moffat

Because of 'The Birds' and 'Marnie' I was, as the expression goes, hot in Hollywood and producers and directors wanted to hire me. — Tippi Hedren