Lauren > Lauren's Quotes

“If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody come sit next to me.”
― Alice Roosevelt Longworth

“Forgive me for startling you with the impetuosity of my sentiments, my dear Scarlett—I mean, my dear Mrs. Kennedy. It cannot have escaped your notice that for some time past the friendship I have had in my heart for you has ripened into a deeper feeling, a feeling more beautiful, more pure, more sacred. Dare I name it you? Ah! It is love which makes me so bold!”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

“I always start writing with a clean piece of paper and a dirty mind.
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― Patrick Dennis

“Sir,"she said,"you are no gentleman!"

An apt observation,"he answered airily."And, you, Miss, are no lady.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

“Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

“Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.”
― Tina Fey, Bossypants

“To say I’m an overrated troll, when you have never even seen me guard a bridge, is patently unfair.”
― Tina Fey, Bossypants

“By the way, when Oprah Winfrey is suggesting you may have overextended yourself, you need to examine your fucking life.”
― Tina Fey, Bossypants

“You could put a blond wig on a hot-water heater and some dude would try to fuck it.”
― Tina Fey, Bossypants

“Do your thing and don't care if they like it.”
― Tina Fey, Bossypants

“When choosing sexual partners, remember: Talent is not sexually transmittable.”
― Tina Fey, Bossypants

“I am not a has-been. I am a will be.”
― Lauren Bacall

“I'd like to meet the man who decided that people do or don't look Jewish. What the hell does that mean anyway? Is it the American penchant for pinning things down, catergorizing, for pigeonholing people? Whatever it is, it's wrong.”
― Lauren Bacall, By Myself and Then Some

“My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.”
― Rodney Dangerfield

“My doctor told me to watch my drinking. Now I drink in front of a mirror.”
― Rodney Dangerfield, It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs

“Look out for number one and try not to step in number two.”
― Rodney Dangerfield

“Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.”
― Neil Simon

“Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.”
― Billy Wilder

“Jerry: Oh, you don't understand, Osgood! Ehhhh... I'm a man.
Osgood: Well, nobody's perfect.
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― Billy Wilder, Some Like It Hot

“If you don't like what you're doing, it's unlikely anyone else will either, so be sure you are happy with your own work first.”
― Billy Wilder