Maureen O'Hara Quotes

There's a terrible truth for many women in the picture business: Aging typically takes its toll and means fewer and less desirable roles.

Maureen O'Hara

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: August 17, 1920 - October 24, 2015

Topics

WomenBusinessTruthAgingPicture

My whole life, I wanted to be an actor. Perhaps the seed was planted when I saw Sigourney Weaver in 'Alien', wiping the floor with the men on the ship.

Jessica Chastain

LifeMenSeedShipAlienActor

When you live in Mexico, your houses all have names.

Jesse Ventura

LiveYouNamesMexicoYourHouses

The origin of each of us stems from codes of genetic inheritance.

John Eccles

InheritanceUsGeneticOriginStems

Let's be clear: raising taxes during a very slow recovery is likely to lead to another recession, and it will do absolutely nothing to balance the budget.

John Fleming

BalanceSlowBudgetNothingWill

I was everything, patriarch, priest, father and judge.

John Sutter

FatherJudgeEverythingPriest

Because I'm a chef, I eat out frequently, so it's hard for me to control what I consume in terms of calories. But when I'm at home, I eat what my wife cooks for me. She works hard to avoid making foods that are high in calories and cholesterol, so most of the time, she makes vegetarian dishes.

Masaharu Morimoto

HomeTimeWifeMeChefControl

A writer is always, always searching, even against her will, against all her better instincts, for the thread of a story. Everything is fodder. Everything is fuel. You can feel it coming on like the tingling of a sore throat. The brain never stops struggling to reshape every experience and feeling into a coherent narrative.

Miriam Toews

ExperienceBrainStoryBetterYou

On-demand ridesharing can make cities less congested and polluted and free up resources. Shared rides can become so affordable that they cost the same as a bus ride today.

Logan Green

TodayRideFreeBecomeResourcesUp

I don't think that there's any Marine out there that says she can't do the job because she's a female.

Loretta Reynolds

JobThinkSheOutBecauseFemale

I want to date someone who likes who I am as a person and not what I do for a living.

Josh Henderson

I AmSomeonePersonWantLivingWho

'Thelma and Louise' was a pretty important film for me and still is. It's a social film about many things - gender, freedom - and it puts someone like me into the place of these protagonists. Watching that movie, you are living through the eyes of these women.

Jordan Peele

WomenFreedomEyesMeSomeoneYou

Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.

Don Rickles

LifeBusinessMy LifeInsuranceKid

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