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Virginia Graham, born on July 4, 1912, and passed away on December 22, 1998, was a renowned television host. She had a rich career in the television industry, known for her warm hosting style and broad audience base.

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Famous Virginia Graham Quotes

“When you're in bed to-night think not of wars, But rather of the Panda fast asleep, Her piebald head cushioned on woolly paws; Or think of velvet mice that warmly creep Into their holes to curl up round and soft. Transfer your thoughts from bellicose affairs; Though it be true that bombers fly aloft, Try to reflect on little furry bears. - Sleeping Mixture”

War Sleep Comfort Anxiety Denial

Book:Consider the Years

Source: Consider the Years

“suppose you invest time and effort in designing a new image for yourself. You get home and your husband takes one look and screams, 'Was the other person hurt? I see you've been in a head-on collision.' ... Men hate any change.”

Men Looks Persons Home Hate Change Hurt Effort Design Husband Appearance Scream Your Husband Collision

Book:Don't blame the mirror

Source: Don't blame the mirror

“a woman is not really dressed unless she is wearing a hat.”

Clothes Hats

Book:Don't blame the mirror

Source: Don't blame the mirror

“Committee meetings are always held at inconvenient times and usually take place in dark, dusty rooms the temperatures of which are unsuited to the human body.”

Humans Body Dark Rooms Meetings Committees Human Body Temperature Inconvenient

Author:Virginia Graham

“conformity has been a devastating thing. Its ill effects continue right to this day. Customers still look at the woman in the next chair and say, 'I'll have what she has.' That's all right for ordering at a restaurant - but not in a beauty parlor.”

Looks Has Beens Stills Next Effects Hair Ill Customers Restaurants Chairs This Day Conformity Parlor

Book:Don't blame the mirror

Source: Don't blame the mirror

“On the whole, and providing one is in good spirits and feeling reasonably bright, it is not hard to converse for a short space of time on subjects about which one knows little, and it is indeed often amusing to see how cunningly one can steer the conversational barque, hoisting and lowering her sails, tacking this way and that to avoid reefs, and finally racing feverishly for home with the outboard engine making a loud and cheerful noise.”

Knows Way Littles Hard Whole Feelings Home Spirit Space Subjects Conversation Noise Loud Racing Engines Providing Sail Cheerful Amusing Steers Converses Reefs

Author:Virginia Graham

“For a driver to be driven by somebody else is an ordeal, for there are only three types of drivers: the too fast, the timid and oneself.”

Three Type Oneself Driven Driving Drivers Ordeals

Author:Virginia Graham

“England is the only civilised country in the world where it is etiquette to fall on the food like a wolf the moment it is served. Elsewhere it is comme il faut to wait until everybody has helped himself to everything and until everything on everybody's plate is stone cold.”

World Country Moments Fall Waiting Cold Stones England Manners Elsewhere Plates Etiquette Civilised Stone Cold

Author:Virginia Graham

“I have the perfect face for radio.”

Faces Perfect Radio Perfect Face

Author:Virginia Graham

“There are some composers - at the head of whom stands Beethoven - who not only do not know when to stop but appear to stop many times before they actually do.”

Knows Music Composer

Author:Virginia Graham

“when we travel, most of us take too much. I always work on the assumption that I'm going to take everything with me because I don't want the second wife to have anything if the plane crashes.”

Ifs Want Too Much Wife Travel Planes Assumption Crash Plane Crashes

Author:Virginia Graham

“... for some of us life always comes C.O.D.”

Author:Virginia Graham

“Maturity gives us jealous eyes. We look with jealousy on the younger woman because she doesn't know as much now as we do, and, oh, what we could do with our wisdom and her face.”

Knows Giving Looks Eye Faces Maturity Jealous

Book:Don't blame the mirror

Source: Don't blame the mirror

“It is not done to let anybody be too happy. The moment two people seem to be enjoying one another's company, a good hostess introduces a third element or removes the first.”

People Firsts Two Done Moments Seems Enjoy Company Elements Thirds Remove Introducing Hostesses

Author:Virginia Graham

“I am a living soap opera.”

Opera Soap Soap Operas

Author:Virginia Graham

“Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.”

Used Courses Games Hell Five Shots Luck Tennis Bad Luck Inspirational Tennis Funny Tennis Tennis Game

Author:Virginia Graham

“When some people retire, it's going to be mighty hard to be able to tell the difference.”

People Hard Age Able Differences Teacher Teaching Retirement Retiring Retired Funny Retirement Retirement Jokes Retirement Humor Retirement Farewell

Author:Virginia Graham

“Be blind. Be stupid. Be British. Be careful.”

Stupid Blind Careful British Be Careful

Author:Virginia Graham

“In society it is etiquette for ladies to have the best chairs and get handed things. In the home the reverse is the case. This is why ladies are more sociable than gentlemen.”

Home Cases Gentleman Chairs Reverse Etiquette Sociable

Author:Virginia Graham

“Say something idiotic and nobody but a dog politely wags his tail.”

Funny Dog Tails Canine Idiotic Wags

Author:Virginia Graham

“The women sit, getting colder and colder, on a seat getting harder and harder, watching oafs, getting muddier and muddier.”

Harder Seats Rugby

Author:Virginia Graham

About the Author

Born: July 4, 1912
Died: December 22, 1998
Known for: Television host
Quotes: 21

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