Shirley MacLaine quotes

The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused. (Shirley MacLaine)
When you look back... on your love affairs... what you really find out is that the only person you really go to bed with is yourself.
Shirley MacLaine
Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.
Shirley MacLaine
I look like a real bag lady when I go to Starbucks with my dog and get my chai.
Shirley MacLaine
It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office.
Shirley MacLaine
If anything interferes with my inner peace, I will walk away. Arguments with family members. All that stuff. None of it matters.
Shirley MacLaine
We are not victims of the world we see, we are victims of the way we see the world.
Shirley MacLaine
The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.
Shirley MacLaine
Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. It's where all the fruit is.
Shirley MacLaine
Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.
Shirley MacLaine
The mob taught me how to play gin rummy. (Shirley MacLaine)
I think male actors get confused by their own vanity.
Shirley MacLaine
I was afraid I would get the Oscar for 'Irma La Douce' because it was popular. But I didn't want to because I didn't really think it was that good.
Shirley MacLaine
When times are bad, people like to lose themselves in the sheer glamour of another period: beautiful wardrobes, magnificent meals served in elegant settings.
Shirley MacLaine
Things are done according to money these days.
Shirley MacLaine
Remember what people used to say about meditation? Now everyone is doing it.
Shirley MacLaine
I love the idea that I'm the oldest one in the room because I can get away with anything!
Shirley MacLaine
When you walk 10 hours, 11 hours a day by yourself, you are doing a walking meditation.
Shirley MacLaine
I'd like to go to another planet, which I might live long enough to accomplish. Just get on a spaceship and go. But not the moon. I don't see any flowers there. The moon is too close. I want to go further.
Shirley MacLaine
I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.
Shirley MacLaine
I want women to be liberated and still be able to have a nice ass and shake it. (Shirley MacLaine)
Crystals amplify the consciousness.
Shirley MacLaine
I don't know why anybody would be in awe of me.
Shirley MacLaine
Being old is such a treat!
Shirley MacLaine
The comedy of class, played so straight, is a wonderful thing for an actor to sink their teeth into.
Shirley MacLaine