Quotes from Lillian Gish

Never get caught acting.

Fans always write asking why I didn't smile more in films. I smiled in 'Annie Laurie', but I can't recall that it helped much.

What you get is a living-what you give is a life.

You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.

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

I can't remember a time when I wasn't acting, so I can't imagine what I would do if I stopped now.

Love is a hard rock between two people and can't be torn apart

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

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

The older I get, the more I believe in what I can't explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable.

What you get is a living, what you give is a life.

You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.

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 I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.

The older I get, the more I believe in what I can't explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable.

Hidup bahagia ialah yang dipakai untuk belajar, mencari nafkah dan mencintai sesama.

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

I've never been in style, so I can never go out of style.

Hollywood - an emotional Detroit.

Hollywood has turned into an emotional Detroit.

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