Ruth Gordon Quotes

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  • In our family we don't divorce our men - we bury them.

  • Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

  • When you finally learn how to do it, you're too old for the good parts.

  • Courage is like a strain of yoghurt culture, if you have some you can have some more.

    Ruth Gordon (1980). “Ruth Gordon, an open book”, Doubleday Books
  • I'm sure the way to be happy is to live well beyond your means!

    Ruth Gordon (1949). “The Leading Lady: Play in Three Acts”
  • Your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, and you'll probably make it through the next one.

  • If you believe, then you hang on. If you believe, it means you've got imagination, you don't need stuff thrown out on a blueprint, and don't face facts-what can stop you? If I don't make it today, I'll come in tomorrow.

    Ruth Gordon (1986). “My Side: The Autobiography of Ruth Gordon”, Plume
  • The good that men do lives after them.

  • Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of these conversational gray hairs.

    Ruth Gordon (1949). “The Leading Lady: Play in Three Acts”
  • Vice, virtue - it's best not to be too moral. You'll cheat yourself out of too much life.

  • Try something new each day. After all, we're given life to find it out. It doesn't last forever.

  • Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.

  • Acting is the use of human experience with talent added.

    Ruth Gordon (1980). “Ruth Gordon, an open book”, Doubleday Books
  • Life is getting through the moment. The philosopher William James says to cultivate the cheerful attitude. Now nobody had more trouble than he did -- except me. I had more trouble in my life than anybody. But your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, you'll probably make it through the next one.

  • A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life.

    "Fictional character: Maude". "Harold and Maude", www.imdb.com. 1971.
  • If you're thinking of becoming a critic, why not make other plans?

    Ruth Gordon (1980). “Ruth Gordon, an open book”, Doubleday Books
  • Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

    L'Officiel magazine, Summer 1980.
  • Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then youre bound to live life fully.

  • I think there is one smashing rule: never face the facts.

  • To be somebody, you must last.

  • Don't face the facts.

  • So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?

    Ruth Gordon (1949). “The Leading Lady: Play in Three Acts”
  • In the old days, ptomaine poisoning was a cover-all. If you missed a show and you were young, it meant you were having an abortion. If you were old, it meant you were having a face lift.

  • Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I will still make it!

    Ruth Gordon (1986). “My Side: The Autobiography of Ruth Gordon”, Plume
  • The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.

  • Do people get moral when they don't get ahead?

    Ruth Gordon (1980). “Ruth Gordon, an open book”, Doubleday Books
  • Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.

  • I never got a job I didn't create for myself.

  • To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. A little money helps, but what really gets it right is to never face the facts.

    Ruth Gordon (1971). “Myself Among Others”
  • Live long enough and you'll come into pensions, a lovely thing. Presents every month from people you didn't know cared.

    Ruth Gordon (1980). “Ruth Gordon, an open book”, Doubleday Books
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