Lillian Gish Quotes

"The stage was our school, our home, our life."
-Lillian Gish

"The older I get, the more I believe in what I can't explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable."
-Lillian Gish in Elderly quotes.

"Young man, if God had wanted you to see me that way, he would have put your eyes in your bellybutton."
-Lillian Gish in God quotes.

"You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older."
-Lillian Gish

"A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning."
-Lillian Gish

"I remember him watching me through the crack of a door singing with a hairbrush. I was in front of his mirror. I think he wanted me to sing. He would get me on the table and make me sing sometimes or play the piano. He was very encouraging on that front."
-Lillian Gish

"What you get is a living - what you give is a life."
-Lillian Gish