Women’s liberation as a movement makes some valid points. But in the final analysis, it doesn’t matter who wears the pants – as long as there’s money in the pockets.
AVA GARDNERWhat I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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The truth is that the only time I’m happy is when I’m doing absolutely nothing. I don’t understand people who like to work and talk about it like it was some sort of goddamn duty. Doing nothing feel like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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I suffered, I really suffered, with all three of my husbands. And I tried damn hard with all three, starting each marriage certain that it was going to last until the end of my life. Yet none of them lasted more than a year or two.
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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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I don’t mind growing old. If I have to go before my time, this is how I’ll go– cigarette in one hand, glass of scotch in the other.
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When I’m old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and booze around. And a damn good kitchen to cook in.
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I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
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I wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other.
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Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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I was lazy. I would have been a hell of a lot better actress had I taken it more seriously. I never had the proper respect for acting. Quite often, I learned my lines on the way to the studio.
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