“[To waiter who had spilled soup on her:] Never darken my Dior again!”

Matinee customers must enter the theatre in a more matter-of-fact frame of mind, hanging on tightly before they let themselves go.

In my experience, anyone can paint if he doesn’t have to.

I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals.

In the theater, I’ve found that, in general, reaction and laughter come easier at an evening performance, when the audience is more inclined to forget its troubles.

I’ll simply say here that I was born Beatrice Gladys Lillie at an extremely tender age because my mother needed a fourth at meals.

Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense – adapting one-self to circumstances – and a sense of humor.

I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking chair.

Never darken my Dior again!

The vows one makes privately are more binding than any ceremony or even a Shubert contract.

Never darken my Dior again!

And anyway, the first three letters in the word diet should tell you what i want it to do.