Loretta Young Quotes

A face that is really lovely in repose can fall apart if, when its owner stars to talk, she distorts every feature.

There is no personal achievement in being born beautiful.

I believe in living today. Not in yesterday, nor in tomorrow.

I believe you have to nurture your conscience.

Just because you want to be glamorous, don’t be a sheep about your eye makeup.

Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.

Nearly everyone I met, worked with, or read about was my teacher, one way or another.

I want no part of making any contribution whatsoever to the despair which eventually follows downbeat thinking.

I think making mistakes is as inevitable as receiving disappointments.

I don’t yearn to be a child again.

In silence – and in self-defense – I figured things out in my own little way.

I’d lived by quotations, practically all my life.

As an actress, I have to be objective about myself. If I don’t criticize myself, there are plenty who will do a find job of it for me!

If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere.

Glamour is something you can’t bear to be without once you’re used to it.

A pleasant voice, which has to include clear enunciation, is not only attractive to those who hear it… its appeal is permanent.

A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside.

Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants.

In common with many others in the varied branches of our profession, my academic education is subnormal.

In my dreams, I could be a Princess, and that’s what I was. Like most little girls, I believed nothing less than a Prince could make my dreams come true.

I learned you have to fight for yourself in the picture business.

A charming woman… doesn’t follow the crowd. She is herself.

Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.

I believe that prayer is our powerful contact with the greatest force in the universe.

In 1949 there was a new thing called Television, to which my agency and advisers opposed as a performance medium.