Ginger Rogers Quotes

My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months. ~ Ginger Rogers

I enjoy sports, and love being involved in any outdoor sport from volleyball to softball. I'm not being immodest when I say I'm a natural athlete. ~ Ginger Rogers

I was really into old musicals. When I was seven or eight, my mum and dad would be like, 'How does she know who Ginger Rogers is?' Then, one weekend, Josephine Baker popped up in a French film called 'Zouzou,' and I was so stunned because she looked like me. ~ Cush Jumbo

During my seven-year contract with RKO, there were seven different studio presidents, from David O. Selznick to Charles W. Koerner. You literally had to check the name on the door so as not to call the new boss by the former boss's name. ~ Ginger Rogers

When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman. ~ Gene Kelly

I've got enough nerve to do anything! ~ Ginger Rogers

I do everything the man does, only backwards and in high heels! ~ Ginger Rogers

Eight years ago, you may remember Hillary and I were rivals for the Democratic nomination. We battled for a year and a half. Let me tell you, it was tough, because Hillary was tough. I was worn out. She was doing everything I was doing, but just like Ginger Rogers, it was backwards in heels. ~ Barack Obama

Sure he was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything [Fred Astaire] did, .. backwards and in high heels.
From: Frank and Ernest by Bob Thaves, art by Bob Thaves. ~ Bob Thaves

I don't care what the critics say. My fabulous mom will give me a good review if nobody else does ... ~ Ginger Rogers

You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to do with the inner you. ~ Ginger Rogers

Part of the joy of dancing is conversation. Trouble is, some men can't talk and dance at the same time. ~ Ginger Rogers

Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but black and white films still hold an affectionate place in my heart; they have an incomparable mystique and mood. ~ Ginger Rogers

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first. ~ Ginger Rogers

I haven't said it yet, but it seemed implied, that cinema for me was the American one, current Hollywood productions. "My" period goes roughly from The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (Henry Hathaway, 1935) with Gary Cooper and Mutiny on the Bounty (Frank Lloyd, 1935) with Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, to the death of Jean Harlow (which I relived many years later like the death of Marilyn Monroe, in an era more aware of the neurotic power of every symbol), with lots of comedies in between, the mystery-romances with Myrna Loy and William Powell and the dog Asta, the musicals of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the crime pictures of Chinese detective Charlie Chan and the horror films of Boris Karloff. I didn't remember the names of the directors as well as the names of the actors, except for a few like Frank Capra, Gregory La Cava, and Frank Borzage, who represented the poor rather than the millionaires, usually with Spencer Tracy: they were the good-natured directors from the Roosevelt era; I learned this later; back then I consumed everything without distinguishing between them too much. American cinema in that moment consisted of a collection of actors' faces without equal before or after (at least it seemed that way to me) and the adventures were simple mechanisms to get these faces together (sweethearts, character actors, extras) in different combinations. ~ Italo Calvino

While I was making my solo films, RKO was busily trying to get me and Fred Astaire back together. The studio wanted to capitalize on the success of 'Flying Down to Rio' and realized that the pairing of Rogers and Astaire had moneymaking potential. ~ Ginger Rogers

People are still people no matter how you cut it. ~ Ginger Rogers

Sure he (Fred Astaire) was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did,..backwards and in high heels. ~ Robert Thaves

The most important thing in anyone's life is to be giving something. The quality I can give is fun and joy and happiness. This is my gift. ~ Ginger Rogers

You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It's kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen. ~ Ginger Rogers

I won't go to movies with permissiveness, four-letter words, or violence. Show me 'E.T.' and 'Chariots of Fire' instead. That's entertainment, not exploitation of the human body. ~ Ginger Rogers

One thing I turn my back on totally is the unsavory atmosphere at most discos. ~ Ginger Rogers

If I've learned any one lesson from life, it's this: If you don't stand for something, you will stand for anything. ~ Ginger Rogers

Sometimes I take her food from the Iranian restaurant she and Ollie liked - the Sunny Acres kitchen staff is happy to warm it up - and sometimes I bring her a DVD or two. She likes the oldies, like with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. I always bring her something, and she's always happy to see me. On her good days she does see me. On her bad ones, she's apt to call me Olivia. Or Charlotte. That's my aunt. I also have an uncle. ~ Stephen King

Like most actors, I've always been grateful for Chinese restaurants; they were often the only places that stayed open late enough for performers to get hot food after the show. ~ Ginger Rogers

From the front row of the balcony, I look out over the Uptown Cinema. The red velvet seats are emptying, the credits scrolling up the screen. Ginger Rogers married a Nazi, but Cary Grant got her out of it. Their ship is sailing to America; sun burns away the fog and the wind blows free. Now they are gone and I am coming back to reality, breathing a harsher air. It is how I always feel when a movie ends. ~ Kermit Roosevelt III

At the age of ten, I thought if a boy kissed you on the lips, you would have a baby, and I surely wasn't the only youngster who believed that! ~ Ginger Rogers

Hollywood is like an empty wastebasket. ~ Ginger Rogers

I had been making films for almost ten years, and the head men at RKO thought of me only in terms of musicals. I found no fault with that, except I just couldn't stand being typed or pigeonholed as only a singing and dancing girl. I wanted to extend my range. ~ Ginger Rogers

There's a verse in the Bible: 'Those who are barren have more children than those who give birth.' There are young people all over the world who come to me for advice and love. I have all the children I can handle. ~ Ginger Rogers

Because we are human, because we are bound by gravity and the limitations of our bodies, because we live in a world where the news is often bad and the prospects disturbing, there is a need for another world somewhere, a world where Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers live. ~ Roger Ebert

Intelligence, adaptability and talent. And by talent I mean the capacity for hard work. Lots of girls come here with little but good looks. Beauty is a valuable asset, but it is not the whole cheese. ~ Ginger Rogers

Inside my heart, there's a 12-year-old girl who has always wanted to be Ginger Rogers. ~ Samantha Bond

I traveled with my mother, Lela, and there was never enough money. I always had to roll down my silk stockings and carry a doll when we bought train tickets so I could go half-fare. If we had $3, we always figured how to tip for the trunks and still eat. ~ Ginger Rogers

I made my last motion picture in March 1965 for Magna Pictures. 'Harlow,' based on the life of actress Jean Harlow ... I didn't know at the time that 'Harlow' would be my last motion picture. ~ Ginger Rogers

My faith in humanity leads me to believe that people are looking for something more elevating than the sordid details of the intimate aspects of one's personal life. ~ Ginger Rogers

My love for ice cream emerged at an early age - and has never left! ~ Ginger Rogers

As a dancer I couldn't outdance Ginger Rogers or Eleanor Powell. As a singer I'm no rival to Doris Day. As an actress I don't take myself seriously ... I'm the girl the truck drivers love. ~ Betty Grable

I had a dream about you. You were Ginger Rogers, and you were trying to teach me to dance, even though my movements were as stiff as a mannequin. I think you tolerated my abysmal rhythm because I was naked, and my body was so sexy it could be used to sell clothes. ~ Jarod Kintz

Even married people have differences of opinion, I'm told. ~ Ginger Rogers

Looking back at my life's voyage, I can only say that it has been a golden trip. ~ Ginger Rogers

I did everything he did but backwards & in high heels. ~ Ginger Rogers

Sure, jets are fast and economical, but, oh my, what fun we've lost and what leisure we've sacrificed in the race to efficiency. Somehow, stepping onto a plane and zooming across the United States in a matter of hours doesn't hold a candle to the dear, old-fashioned train ride. ~ Ginger Rogers

The fun, joy, and humor dry up in a relationship when one of the partners is swimming in gin. To my way of thinking, it is selfishness personified to see life through the bottom of a liquor bottle. ~ Ginger Rogers

I don't know which I like best. I love the applause on the stage. But pictures are so fascinating - you reach many millions through them. And you make more money too. ~ Ginger Rogers

There's nothing a man can do, that i can't do better and in heels ~ Ginger Rogers

Sure, [Fred Astaire] was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything that he did… backwards and in high heels. ~ Robert Thaves

Girls can do everything men can do ... just backwards and in heels ~ Ginger Rogers

I yearned for a long, happy marriage with one person. ~ Ginger Rogers

After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels. ~ Ann Richards

I try to feed my hunger rather than my appetite. ~ Ginger Rogers

When you're happy, you don't count the years. ~ Ginger Rogers

The things that brought me the most comfort now were too small to list. Raspberries in cream. Sparrows with cocked heads. Shadows of bare limbs making for sidewalk filigrees. Roses past their prime with their petals loose about them. The shouts of children at play in the neighborhood, Ginger Rogers on the black-and-white screen. ~ Elizabeth Berg

Only I know my life. ~ Ginger Rogers

Gossip is hardly uplifting. ~ Ginger Rogers

The kids today, they think they can dance with their faces. ~ Ginger Rogers

It is so obvious when a person is not hiding behind a facade but is speaking from deep within himself. ~ Carl R. Rogers

Red Curry Almond Sauce ½ cup almond butter ½ cup water ¼ cup fresh lime juice or rice vinegar 2 tablespoons miso 1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro 2 tablespoons agave nectar or maple syrup 2 teaspoons Thai red curry paste, or to taste 1 teaspoon onion powder ½ teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon ground ginger ~ Scott Jurek

If everyone saw himself as a citizen of the world rather than of his town, city or country, the world would be a more peaceful, better place where success in all forms is abundant and available to all. (A Gift to My Children) ~ Jim Rogers

There's a new hit rock group or singer every five minutes, but with country music, you have one hit and those people love you forever. ~ Kenny Rogers

The door opened.
"We're here," said Mrs. Rogers.
Aunt Myra came in.
"Now!" said Amelia Bedelia.
"Greetings, greetings, greetings,"
said the three children.
"What's that about?" said Mrs. Rogers.
"You said to greet Aunt Myra with Carols," said Amelia Bedelia.
"Here's Carol Lee, Carol Green, and Carol Lake."
"What lovely Carols," said Aunt Myra.
"Thank you. ~ Peggy Parish

Certain voices heard
are heard
not because
they
are phonetic...

But,
from one soul
they head,
to another,
in the form of magic.
(Poem: When, When a not, Book: Ginger and Honey) ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

Nearly every time I strayed from the herd, I've made a lot of money. Wandering away from the action is the way to find the new action. ~ Jim Rogers

In my relationships with persons I have found that it does not help, in the long run, to act as though I were something that I am not. ~ Carl R. Rogers

Our world hangs like a magnificent jewel in the vastness of space. Every one of us is a part of that jewel. A facet of that jewel. And in the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal. ~ Fred Rogers

I don't like bullies. I don't care where they're from. ~ Steven Rogers

The Devil will use our words and his dictionary. ~ Adrian Rogers

Feelings are so damn renewable that way. ~ Ginger M. Sullivan

Scientific accuracy confirms the Bible is the Word of God. ~ Adrian Rogers

A good romance novel is like a bubble bath...steamy, relaxing, and over way too soon. ~ Donna Marie Rogers

There is one guaranteed formula for failure, and that is to try to please everyone. ~ Will Rogers

Do we need Medicare reform? Yes we do. ~ Wayne Rogers

A politician is just like a pickpocket; it's almost impossible to get him to reform. ~ Will Rogers

Parents are like shuttles on a loom. They join the threads of the past with threads of the future and leave their own bright patterns as they go. ~ Fred Rogers

... so many ticks steadily around the clock. My heart beats ferociously, as if to say it will not digest this leaving. But you are gone. I could never look into your tormenting eyes again. You mock me with each word you choose ... . of the millions of words in the English tongue you could have chosen ... you select the one's that break me down. ~ Coco J. Ginger

There is an environment where someone is always looking for someone to make an error. They're always looking not for the good things, the wonderful things the president and first lady are doing, they're looking for an error or to criticize. And it's not conducive to good work. ~ Desiree Rogers

Can I freely permit this staff member or my son or my daughter to become a separate person with ideas, purposes, and values which may not be identical with my own? ~ Carl R. Rogers

And it happens all at once - just looking at him, I fall in love. But it doesn't matter - because I can belong to no one. ~ Ginger Scott

When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging. ~ Will Rogers

You got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know when to walk away, and know when to run ~ Kenny Rogers

One of the evils of democracy is, you have to put up with the man you elect whether you want him or not. ~ Will Rogers

We were so far back in the woods, they almost had to pipe in sunlight. ~ Roy Rogers

One of these days they are going to remove so much of the 'hooey' and the thousands of things the schools have become clogged up with, and we will find that we can educate our broods for about one-tenth of the price and learn 'em something that they might accidentally use after they escape. ~ Will Rogers

We have the best Congress that money can buy. ~ Will Rogers

My music was my life, and it played a large part in my inability to sustain relationships. ~ Kenny Rogers

I pretended to be an open book, but I was closed off and conceited. ~ Coco J. Ginger

Anything mentionable is manageable. ~ Fred Rogers

Most of all, our troops from Alabama said they appreciate the care packages from folks back home. ~ Mike Rogers

Not that kind of proof, Kyber. Come on, Buck Rogers got a ride in a flying car, and all I get is a slide show and a history lesson? It's going to take more than this to convince me that I slept for almost two centuries. ~ Susan Grant

I pull away, you pull me back, you grab my hand and wrap me around. What you did not know is - – my heart is my hand. ~ Coco J. Ginger

It's how we know we're alive," ginger said. "We grieve the dead. ~ Amber Dermont

The farmers can be thankful. Didn't the Farm Board decide in Washington last week that they could have cheaper interest? All the farmers have to do now is to find something new to put up as security. ~ Will Rogers

Derek frowned. "I guess I still think of her as a kid."

"I know. And it's very sweet how protective you are of my sister." She tugged on a fistful of hair. "In fact, it's kind of a turn-on."

Derek's eyebrows shot up. "Another one? Jesus, how many do you have?"

"I don't know. You keep discovering them."

He turned onto his stomach and crawled up Ginger's body, his eyes focused on her mouth. "Are you sure we...'
Another round of banging on the door.

"Mommy and Daddy!" Willa called from the hallway. "Zip up your pants and open the door."

Ginger kissed him one last time and ran from the bedroom laughing.

Derek smiled after her. ~ Tessa Bailey

Your health is the most important commodity that you have. Without it, everything will fall apart - relationships, financial wellbeing, career, school, and so on. It is very important to take good care of yourself. ~ John Rogers

I argue with wife over what little pieces of real estate investments we should try to pay on and hold, and which to let go back. We always said, "Put it in land, and you can always walk on it." We did, but no buyers would walk on it with us. ~ Will Rogers

Your mothers get mighty shocked at you girls nowadays, but in her day, her mother was just on the verge of sending her to reform school. ~ Will Rogers

It is not the return on my investment that I am concerned about; it's the return of my investment ~ Will Rogers

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is. ~ Kenny Rogers

My object when writing prose is to write as clearly as possible. I think I know what I'm saying in prose, and I want others to understand it and to be able to restate it. ~ Pattiann Rogers

Now they got such a high inheritance tax on 'em that you won't catch these old rich boys dying promiscuously like they did. This bill makes patriots out of everybody. You sure do die for your country if you die from now on. ~ Will Rogers