Shirley Quotes

Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four. (Katharine Hepburn)
People from my sort of background needed Grammar schools to compete with children from privileged homes like Shirley Williams and Anthony Wedgwood Benn. View quote
Margaret Thatcher
Shirley! Don't call me Shirley! View quote
Leslie Nielsen
Shirley MacLaine said, You're so funny, then gave me a hug. Everything went white. I couldn't hear, I couldn't see. I thought I was going to pass out. View quote
Lisa Kudrow
Shirley Maclaine once said that she didn't want to be a big star, just a long star. That's what I want too. View quote
Joyce DeWitt
Growing up, I used to watch 'Happy Days,' 'Laverne & Shirley,' 'All in the Family.' Those were the shows I watched growing up with my family. And, believe it or not, 'McMillan and Wife' and 'Columbo.' View quote
Mark Pellegrino
Shirley Temple had charisma as a child. But it cleared up as an adult. View quote
Totie Fields
There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not the condition now. View quote
Merle Haggard
Now here I was, half Jane Wyman, half Shirley Temple, and people began to stop me in the street and say, 'Don't worry, Barbara, it's all right, you won't lose your job.' It was really very touching. View quote
Barbara Walters
For a decade, feminists have drilled their disciples to say, "Rape is a crime of violence but not of sex.” This sugar-coated Shirley Temple nonsense has exposed young women to disaster. Misled by feminism, they do not expect rape from the nice boys from good homes who sit next to them in class. View quote
Camille Paglia
I love Shirley Maclaine. Love that woman. (Cameron Diaz)
Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four. View quote
Katharine Hepburn
When I was 11, I moved to Los Angeles to live with my father and stepmother and my half brothers. I became really close to my stepmother, and I am still very close to my brothers. My stepmother is the actress Shirley Jones, who was in The Partridge Family alongside me, so we worked together for years. View quote
David Cassidy
I have such a crush on Shirley Manson. I think she's the coolest thing. View quote
Garret Dillahunt
I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked. View quote
Jane Horrocks
I like more grounded comedy. I enjoy broad comedies also, but I like Shirley MacLaine. View quote
Leslie Mann
Shirley Valentine is a beautiful character and so well written. What Shirley speaks and thinks is so logical. View quote
Loretta Swit
I remember feeling enormous pressure because I didn't want to be Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple was Shirley Temple, and I didn't ever feel like I could live up to that. View quote
Mara Wilson
Manchester was a fantastic place to go out in. There were 10 clubs with world-class cabaret and comedians. You'd go in and Tom Jones might be singing, or Shirley Bassey or Engelbert Humperdinck. View quote
Francis Lee
Being in the same scenes as Maggie Smith and Shirley MacLaine is something I will never forget. View quote
Michelle Dockery
I've been a fan of vampire fiction since way, way back - I loved Stephen King, Anne Rice, Peter Straub, Robert McCammon, Shirley Jackson, lots of great horror and paranormal fiction. (Rachel Caine)
One movie I think is just terrific is 'Bernie,' with Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine. That was a great surprise to me - so witty, so entertaining, a true story, and I'm not a great Jack Black fan, but he's great in it. I think it's a gem. View quote
Robert Osborne
I'm benefitting from the sacrifices and seeds sown by Shirley Chisholm, John Lewis, and so many others. Those of us who are beneficiaries owe it to have a season of service in which we try to give back. View quote
Terri Sewell
To let the people know there was life beyond Shirley Dean, we decided to focus on voter registration; each day I set up my card table somewhere in the district, signed people up, and passed out noses. View quote
Wavy Gravy
The first real concert, other than going with my dad to see Three Dog Night, was Smashing Pumpkins and Garbage. I was fourteen or fifteen. I liked Shirley Manson because she reminded me of Annie Lennox. They both have these deep, sexy, powerful alto voices. View quote
Amy Lee