Quotes from 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.

I've been through so much of my own self-search that I'm not as consumed with who I am as I used to be.

Of course, we're all a mass of contradictions.

Crystals amplify the consciousness.

Women being pitted each other another in Hollywood is an old tactic, but it's not real at all.

If I could know me I could know the universe.

I'm very involved with learning to be self-sufficient.

I'm a city girl and I never really lived in the country, so I'm learning about that.

The mob taught me how to play gin rummy.

A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused.

All life is a boomerang. We receive what we give.

All you really need in life is some fresh water, a good hat, and a really good pair of shoes.

It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office.

I have a great life, to tell you the truth.

We need proof in our society.

I realized that if what we call human nature can be changed, then absolutely anything is possible. From that moment my life changed.

Someday perhaps change will occur when times are ready for it instead of always when it is too late. Someday change will be accepted as life itself.

Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. It's where all the fruit is.

...One individual is his or her own best teacher, and no other idol or false image should be worshiped or adored because the God we are all seeking lies inside oneself, not outside.

You know, I think I had my first past life recall when I was 7.

When times are bad, people like to lose themselves in the sheer glamour of another period: beautiful wardrobes, magnificent meals served in elegant settings.

I'm an artist, therefore I think I am sensitive to human pain.

If they would teach us from the time we're little to meditate and get in touch with all that our souls know, we wouldn't fight so much.

You know, I have never had a casting couch proposition in my life. I thought there was something wrong with me.