Shirley Temple Quotes

Be brave and clear. Follow your heart and don't be overly influenced by outside factors. Be true to yourself.

Don't forget to tell your favorite people that you love them.

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

You've got to S-M-I-L-E To be H-A-Double-P-Y

Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.

Animal crackers in my soup Monkeys and rabbits loop the loop Gosh oh gee but I have fun Swallowing animals one by one In every bowl of soup I see Lions and Tigers watching me I make 'em jump right through a hoop Those animal crackers in my soup When I get hold of the big bad wolf I just push him under to drown Then I bite him in a million bits And I gobble him right down When their inside me where it's dark I walk around like Noah's ark I stuff my tummy like a goop With animal crackers in my soup.

Intentions often melt in the face of unexpected opportunity.

When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since.

I don’t like to do negatives. There are always pluses to things.

There’s nothing like real love. Nothing.

When you're a performer, you have to please a large audience. And when you're in politics, you have to please a large audience, too.

I'm quite optimistic. I'm also a realist. And I hope, you know, things work out. I don't think that the world will ever know peace. Complete peace in all countries. I think perhaps that's not in our makeup to do this although we can pray for it and work for it. But I think that the building blocks of peace are moving into shape, and I think that the world is going to be a better place.

There are many of us who should be in a position to bring peace to the world.

On the good ship Lollipop Its a sweet trip To the candy shop Where bon-bon's play, On the sunny beach Of peppermint bay Lemonade stands, Everywhere Crackerjack bands, Fill the air, And there you are, Happy landings on a chocolate bar. See the sugar bowl Do a tootsie roll In a big bad devils food cake, If you eat too much, Oh, oh, You'll awake, With a tummy ache.

My Chicken can do a special trick! "And what is that?" She can lay an egg! "And what's so special about THAT?!" Well, Can YOU lay an egg?

Visiting old haunts is hard on memory. Things shrink, change, and disappear.

Good luck needs no explanation.

One has to handle these negative experiences alone.You can't get help from your friends or family.You're finally alone with it, and you have to come to grips with misfortune and go on.

I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!

If you hear someone scream, you shouldn't close the drapes. You should help. You've got to try.

I've led three lives: the acting part, wife and mother - which is a career - and international relations. I'm proud of my career, the first one, and I'm proud of the other two, too.

Movies mirror the times, they do not create them.

Nothing crushes freedom as substantially as a tank.

My mother made it seem perfectly normal for thousands of people to be cheering me, as if there was nothing special going on. I thought all children must live as I did.

I've been so blessed. If someone asked me whom I would choose to be if I could come back in another life, I would have to say Shirley Temple Black. I cannot think of a more interesting life to ask for.