Ethel Barrymore Quotes

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh -- at yourself.

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a MaCaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.

When life knocks you to your knees and it will why get up! If it knocks you to your knees again as it will well isn't that the best position from which to pray?

Wrinkles should only indicate where smiles have been.