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Beatrice Lillie Quotes

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

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

Beatrice Lillie
Self, Average, Common Sense

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.

Beatrice Lillie
Mother, Age, Meals

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

Beatrice Lillie
Dior, Soup, Waiter
Quoted in Lore and Maurice Cowan, The Wit of Women (1969)

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

Beatrice Lillie
Vow, Contracts, Ceremony

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

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

Beatrice Lillie
Laughter, Mind, Theatre

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

Beatrice Lillie
Paint, Ability, Ifs

Never darken my Dior again!

Beatrice Lillie
Fashion, Dior
Quoted in Lore and Maurice Cowan, The Wit of Women (1969)

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.

Beatrice Lillie
Knitting, Relaxation, Going Out

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