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.
AVA GARDNERI’ve certainly never taken the care of myself that I should have. On the contrary. I’ve done a lot of late nights without enough sleep and all that. But I’ve had fun. Whatever wrinkles are there, I’ve enjoyed getting them.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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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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So this was where lust was satisfied. If I’d been an old-time miner I’d have asked for my gold nugget back.
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I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.
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What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
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And the news got worse. It appeared that there was this whole other person Jesus Christ whose birthday a lot of people tended to confuse with mine. I was personally outraged. It was a long time before I forgave the Lord for that.
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Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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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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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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If I had my life to live over again, I’d live it the same way. Maybe a few changes here or there, but nothing special. The truth is, honey, I’ve enjoyed my life. I’ve had a hell of a good time.
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Maybe, in the final analysis, they saw me as something I wasn’t and I tried to turn them into something they could never be. I loved them all but maybe I never understood any of them. I don’t think they understood me.
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Hollywood – that’s a place where love is viewed both pragmatically and philosophically in the saying, ‘Tis better to have loved and divorced than never to have had any publicity at all.
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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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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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