Author: Elaine Stritch

Quotes

You can't be funny unless you're tragic, and you can't be tragic unless you're funny.

You can't be funny unless you're tragic, and you can't be tragic unless you're funny.

- Elaine Stritch

I care about money, very much. I want it. I don't ever want to be without it. My mother once said about me, 'Elaine has to have money.'

I care about money, very much. I want it. I don't ever want to be without it. My mother once said about me, 'Elaine has to have money.'

- Elaine Stritch

My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting.

My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting.

- Elaine Stritch

There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.

There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.

- Elaine Stritch

I mention I'm going home, and I'm a star immediately! This used to happen with my boyfriends - as soon as I'd say, 'I gotta go home now,' they fell in love.

I mention I'm going home, and I'm a star immediately! This used to happen with my boyfriends - as soon as I'd say, 'I gotta go home now,' they fell in love.

- Elaine Stritch

My biggest dream was to get out of Michigan - to discover life beyond the Sacred Heart Convent.

My biggest dream was to get out of Michigan - to discover life beyond the Sacred Heart Convent.

- Elaine Stritch

All you have to do is say, 'I'm going home,' and you're the most popular girl at the party.

All you have to do is say, 'I'm going home,' and you're the most popular girl at the party.

- Elaine Stritch

I have not had any of that surgical stuff. I am too curious to find out exactly how I progress every day of my life naturally. That is what fascinates me.

I have not had any of that surgical stuff. I am too curious to find out exactly how I progress every day of my life naturally. That is what fascinates me.

- Elaine Stritch

What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what the government is talking about when the government tells me about taxes.

What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what the government is talking about when the government tells me about taxes.

- Elaine Stritch

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