Lillie Langtry Quotes

It is [every woman's] right to ignore the dictates of fashion and dress in a manner that is becoming to her own character and personality.

On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them.

I'm not afraid. I never liked long last acts.

Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?

The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.

No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me.

I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco.

I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear.

My agent tells me I am drawing the largest salary ever paid in the halls of England. Wonderful, isn't it? for a quiet, rural gardener like myself.

I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must necessarily be.

After being so bad I could hear the angels singing.

I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.

I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing.

Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.

Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead.

I do not regret one moment of my life.

It's the first time I've seen myself act, and I can't say I'm impressed.

I have known great things and wonderful persons, and I have known homage.

Each little chapter has its place.

My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France.

Will I return to England? I don't know. I'll think it over.

It was so kind of you to mention that I don't wear stays. What's the point? If you squeeze it in at one point, it only comes out at the other.

I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying.

I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress.

I shall fulfill my contract, no more nor less.

I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done.