With Powder on My Nose
A source page for quotes linked to Billie Burke.
“A woman isn't as old as she thinks she is. She's as old as men think she is.”
“Forty-seven is nothing at all, nor is any age unless you're a cheese.”
“There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career.”
“A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face.”
“But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head, who am I to complain?”