26 Quotes by Lillie Langtry
- You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor.
- I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear.
- 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.
- I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.
- I felt weary of the responsibility of owning houses and was glad enough to pass mine on to others.
- I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing.
- I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done.
- I have known great things and wonderful persons, and I have known homage.
- I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco.
- I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying.
- I shall fulfill my contract, no more nor less.
- Will I return to England? I don't know. I'll think it over.
- It's the first time I've seen myself act, and I can't say I'm impressed.
- 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.
- My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France.
- No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me.
- 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.
- Said I was beautiful, did he? He's being paid for treatment, not flattery.
- Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.
- The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.
- The sentimentalist ages far more quickly than the person who loves his work and enjoys new challenges.
- They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous.
- Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?
- I'm not afraid. I never liked long last acts.
- Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead.
- After being so bad I could hear the angels singing.
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