Quotes By Loretta Young

I don't yearn to be a child again.

It's so important to look relaxed.

What you don't know intrigues you more than what you do know.

I was a very wanting child.

I believe that prayer is our powerful contact with the greatest force in the universe.

Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you.

I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for.

I learned you have to fight for yourself in the picture business.

Just because you want to be glamorous, don't be a sheep about your eye makeup.

A charming woman is a busy woman.

As an actress, I have to be objective about myself. If I don't criticize myself, there are plenty who will do a find job of it for me!

I want no part of making any contribution whatsoever to the despair which eventually follows downbeat thinking.

Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants.

In 1949 there was a new thing called Television, to which my agency and advisers opposed as a performance medium.

I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself.

I believe in living today. Not in yesterday, nor in tomorrow.

Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.

No one is ever too old, too rich, too poor, to pray.

I was deaf and dumb and blind to all but me, myself and I.

I'm not sure the public knows what it wants.

Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.

When I left 20th Century-Fox to freelance, my agent believed that getting big money was the way to establish real importance in our industry.

If you want a place in the sun, you have to expect a few blisters.

I've always been scared to death of pain - afraid, even, to think of it.

In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.

Nearly everyone I met, worked with, or read about was my teacher, one way or another.

I'd lived by quotations, practically all my life.

A pleasant voice, which has to include clear enunciation, is not only attractive to those who hear it... its appeal is permanent.

I'd thought of myself as a great big motion picture star from the time I was 6.

Like charity, I believe glamour should begin at home.