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.
• Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit.
• I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.
• I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress.
• I do not regret one moment of my life.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.