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Famous Ruth Gordon Quotes
“Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.”
“I'm sure the way to be happy is to live well beyond your means!”
“Get the knack of getting people to help you and also pitch in yourself.”
“Acting is the use of human experience with talent added.”
“Anything that begins 'I don't know how to tell you this' is never good news.”
“Courage is like a strain of yoghurt culture, if you have some you can have some more.”
“If you're thinking of becoming a critic, why not make other plans?”
“Get up early in the morning before everybody has breathed up all the good air.”
“Do people get moral when they don't get ahead?”
“Sometimes what you want you don't get until you don't want it anymore.”
“When you finally learn how to do it, you're too old for the good parts.”
“Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.”
“The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.”
“Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then youre bound to live life fully.”
“So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?”
“Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I will still make it!”
“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.”