Helen Hayes Quotes

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

Helen Hayes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 10, 1900 - March 17, 1993

Topics

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Once I became a total buffoon, it was so liberating.

Joaquin Phoenix

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The players in the promotion business today are, by and large, not in it for the art anymore. It's all about how many bucks can you make on a concert.

Sid Bernstein

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I get grumpy about the innate conservatism of our tastes; I love bold theatre, and I get annoyed when a heritage piece is really successful.

Romola Garai

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The biggest hits - be they Coca-Cola or Doritos - owe their success to complex formulas that pique the taste buds enough to be alluring but don't have a distinct, overriding single flavor that tells the brain to stop eating.

Michael Moss

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I love watching Jeff Bridges act. He's brilliant.

Michael Sheen

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The more challenges you face in life, the more of life you experience - this lived experience gives one the 'influence' to impact others' lives.

Lubna Olayan

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This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven.

Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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Everybody claims they have relatable, connectable characters, but those claims often aren't true.

David Walton

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In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture.

Arne Jacobsen

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I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects.

Richard Powers

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Never let the horns and woodwinds out of your sight; if you can hear them at all, they are too loud.

Richard Strauss

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I am essentially very shy. Which, I guess, is why I'm very good at not being shy.

Rhys Ifans

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