Doris Day Quotes

Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.

Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

I love to laugh.It's the only way to live. Enjoy each day-it's not coming back again!

I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source.

Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit

If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.

For every dollar spent on spaying and neutering now, $17 is saved and can be used for other community projects. We work with the animals and the people who love them.

Killing an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn't meant to be, and we have no right to do it.

I've never met an animal I didn't like, and I can't say the same thing about people.

I have never found in a human being loyalty that is comparable to a dog's loyalty.

No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I’m going to come right back up.

When I see Liz Taylor with those Harry Winston boulders hanging from her neck I get nauseated. Not figuratively, but nauseated! All I can think of are how many dog shelters those diamonds could buy.

You haven't lived until you've lived with a cat.

Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden.

It has been said that the body is like an automobile - it's yours, but it isn't you.

If I can do it, you can do it. Anybody can.

A woman gains status when she refuses to see anything killed to be put on her back. Then she’s truly beautiful.

I'm going to do as much as I can for the animal world, and I'll never stop.

It was the only ambition I ever had - not to be a dancer or Hollywood movie star, but to be a housewife in a good marriage.

Any girl can look glamorous... just stand there and look stupid.

I love all the shows that encourage people to love, appreciate and help animals. There are more programs about animals than ever, and that pleases me.

If there is a heaven, I'm sure Rock Hudson is there because he was such a kind person.

When I recorded for Columbia, I could usually do anything in one take...I would invariably want to use the first take because that would be the one that was spontaneous and fresh.

The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band.

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

If a man does something silly, people say, 'Isn't he silly?' If a woman does something silly, people say, 'Aren't women silly?

I couldn't walk for almost three years. That was the greatest thing that happened. Instead of dancing, I sang.

I'm not going to go around with a long face - that's a waste of time

A person does not leave a good marriage for someone else.

I just feel so fortunate and so blessed to have been able to entertain people in the theatres and on record, it's just an amazing life that I've experienced.

I like to sing love songs.

I always feel a rise in my scalp or in the backs of my wrists when something is special, whether it be a song or a man.

Would you believe, I am still offered scripts and projects all the time?

I've just always loved animals.

It is heartbreaking to see so many animals in distress through the Gulf Coast region. Many of them are frightened, confused, hungry, dehydrated and lost.

Your skin, and your whole body, goes into repair mode when you sleep.

I had a wonderful family including my aunts, uncles and cousins but they've all gone to heaven.

If so many people love me, how come I'm alone?

I think everything in my life has led to my animal welfare work.

I like Michael Buble.

I don't even like parties.

I liked being married instead of the girl who's looking for a guy.

The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it!

If it's true that men are such beasts this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.

The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it.