Author: Helen Hayes

Quotes

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

- Helen Hayes

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

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

- 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'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures and I have this beautiful dream that I'm elegant on the stage.

I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures and I have this beautiful dream that I'm elegant on the stage.

- Helen Hayes

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

- Helen Hayes

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

- Helen Hayes

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

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

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

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

- Helen Hayes

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