Quotes by Singers - Page 2

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
Brigitte Bardot
My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
Eartha Kitt
I've finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?
Goldie Hawn
There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.
Pearl Bailey
Cherish forever what makes you unique 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes!
Bette Midler
I didn't belong as a kid and that always bothered me. If only I'd known that one day my differentness would be an asset then my early life would have been much easier.
Bette Midler
It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of but my own.
Noël Coward
Everybody wants to do something to help but nobody wants to be first.
Pearl Bailey
Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.
Patti Smith
Courage is rarely reckless or foolish ... courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced.
Margaret Truman
I'll always push the envelope. To me the ultimate sin in life is to be boring. I don't play it safe.
Cybil Shepherd
Our whole way of life today is dedicated to the removal of risk. Cradle to grave we are supported insulated and isolated from the risks of life- and if we fall our government stands ready with Band-Aids of every size.
Shirley Temple Black
Me I'm just a hack. I'm just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.
Bette Midler
Let the world know you as you are not as you think you should be because sooner or later if you are posing you will forget the pose and then where are you?
Fanny Brice
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
Janis Joplin
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.
Pearl Bailey
I suppose you've heard all those wicked stories about me. Well I've lived my life as it came and I've done bloody marvels with a bad hand.
Libby Holman
It's clear why they only served bread and wine at the Last Supper. It was a potluck . . . organized by men.
Patti Page
Life didn't promise to be wonderful.
Teddy Pendergrass
Prayer begins where human capacity ends.
Marian Anderson
If it's true that men are such beasts this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.
Doris Day
A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.
Marlene Dietrich
People are not going to love you unless you love them.
Pat Carroll
My voice is still the same and this makes me beside myself with Joy! Oh mon Dieu when I think what I might be able to do with it!
Jenny Lind
Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice.
Richard Harris
The British House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.
Tony Bennett
I prefer love over sex.
Enrique Iglesias
If you're considered a beauty it's hard to be accepted doing anything but standing around.
Cybil Shepherd
I can count the number of dates I've had on one hand. I wish that guys would approach me but they don't.
LaToya Jackson
Frankly I like the fact that I no longer fit the young beauty type-people take me more seriously now.
Cybil Shepherd
How long can you be cute?
Goldie Hawn
When I was fourteen I was the oldest I ever was. ... I've been getting younger ever since.
Shirley Temple Black
I have been very happy very rich very beautiful much adulated very famous and very unhappy.
Brigitte Bardot
On the outside one is a star. But in reality one is completely alone doubting everything. To experience this loneliness of soul is the hardest thing in the world.
Brigitte Bardot
Oh God don't envy me I have my own pains.
Barbra Streisand
Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.
Catherine Deneuve
The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come. Where will you be a few years down the line? Will it be everything you dreamed of? We seal our fate with the choices we take but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.
Gloria Estefan
Life is about enjoying yourself and having a good time.
Cher
I wanted to say something about the universe. There's God angels plants... and horseshit.
Zero Mostel
I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse.
Bing Crosby
What we play is life.
Louis Armstrong
Let the world know you as you are not as you think you should be because sooner or later if you are posing you will forget the pose and then where are you?
Fanny Brice
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
Janis Joplin
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.
Pearl Bailey
I suppose you've heard all those wicked stories about me. Well I've lived my life as it came and I've done bloody marvels with a bad hand.
Libby Holman
It's clear why they only served bread and wine at the Last Supper. It was a potluck . . . organized by men.
Patti Page
Life didn't promise to be wonderful.
Teddy Pendergrass
Prayer begins where human capacity ends.
Marian Anderson
If it's true that men are such beasts this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.
Doris Day
A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.
Marlene Dietrich
People are not going to love you unless you love them.
Pat Carroll
My voice is still the same and this makes me beside myself with Joy! Oh mon Dieu when I think what I might be able to do with it!
Jenny Lind
Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice.
Richard Harris
The British House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.
Tony Bennett
I prefer love over sex.
Enrique Iglesias
If you're considered a beauty it's hard to be accepted doing anything but standing around.
Cybil Shepherd
I can count the number of dates I've had on one hand. I wish that guys would approach me but they don't.
LaToya Jackson
Frankly I like the fact that I no longer fit the young beauty type-people take me more seriously now.
Cybil Shepherd
How long can you be cute?
Goldie Hawn
When I was fourteen I was the oldest I ever was. ... I've been getting younger ever since.
Shirley Temple Black