Author: Helen Hayes

Quotes

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.

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.

- Helen Hayes

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

- Helen Hayes

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

- Helen Hayes

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

- Helen Hayes

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

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

- Helen Hayes

The story of a love is not important-what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.

The story of a love is not important-what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.

- Helen Hayes

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

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

- Helen Hayes

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

- Helen Hayes

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

- Helen Hayes

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