Beatrice Lillie

“I've always said, 'I'm a woman of the world.' But some people have misunderstood and thought I said, 'I'm a woman of the underworld.'”

“I'm a tidy sort of person. I've been called a 'nutsy,' but I'm not. I'm just a tidy sort of person.”

“Promise me you will not spend so much time treading water and trying to keep your head above the waves that you forget, truly forget, how to dance.”

“It's the first time I've ever played a matriarch. Or any other kind of arch.”

“Husbands are like fires - they go out when unattended.”

“I'm not a bit changed--not really. I'm just a little bit more so.”

“I do not want to be a long-playing record.”

“I was a sensation overnight. It was a helluva long night, but it was overnight.”

“Every night I go to bed, and I say to myself, 'Now, you've got to get a good night's sleep because you have a big day tomorrow.' And the next day I wake up and I say, 'Oh, I had a big day yesterday.'”

“Never fight an inanimate object.”