Helen Hayes Quotes

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

every professional was once a beginner

You rest, you rust.

The faster we travel, the less there is to see.

The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.

The expert at anything was once a beginner.

From your parents, you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot in front of the other. But when books are opened, you discover that you have wings.

The old-fashioned idea that the simple piling up of experiences, one on top of another, can make you an artist, is, of course, so much rubbish. If acting were just a matter of experience, then any busy harlot could make Garbo’s Camille pale.

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

When books are opened, we discover that we have wings

Egocentrics are attracted to the inept. It gives them one more excuse for patting themselves on the back.

The good die young — but not always. The wicked prevail — but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

From your parents you learn love & laughter & how to put one foot in front of the other. But when books are opened, you discover you have wings.

Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness.