Lillie Langtry Quotes

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Each little chapter has its place.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done

My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France

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

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

I do not regret one moment of my life.

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

I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing.

After being so bad I could hear the angels singing.

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

I have known great things and wonderful persons, and I have known homage