Quotes by Lillian Gish

“You can get through life with bad manners, but its easier with good manners.”

“A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning”

“The older I get, the more I believe in what I cant explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable.”

“You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived Im sure I would have played his mother. Thats the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.”

“The stage was our school, our home, our life.”

“Young man, if God had wanted you to see me that way, he would have put your eyes in your bellybutton.”

“What you get is a living - what you give is a life”

“Never get caught acting.”

“I remember him watching me through the crack of a door singing with a hairbrush. I was in front of his mirror. I think he wanted me to sing. He would get me on the table and make me sing sometimes or play the piano. He was very encouraging on that front.”

You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived Im sure I would have played his mother. Thats the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.

The most valuable gift I ever received was ... the gift of insecurity ... my father left us. My mothers love might not have prepared me for life the way my fathers departure did. He forced us out on the road where we had to earn our bread.

The most valuable gift I ever received was the gift of insecurity my father left us. My mothers love might not have prepared me for life the way my fathers departure did. He forced us out on the road where we had to earn our bread.

A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning.