Quote Of The Day (and Happy Birthday, Donald O'Connor)!

Happy birthday to the ever-wonderful, brilliant, fantastic Mr. Donald O'Connor! And he always dazzles with that footwork!

'I'm not a good choreographer: I can't remember what I put down.'

Oh, Donald! Oh, you do make me laugh!

Quote Of The Day (and Happy Birthday, Macca)!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIR MR. MCCARTNEY (or Paul, to his friends...which includes me...the two of us are best buds...I mean, I have known him for 14 years and all)!

'I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. I suddenly realized that anyone doing anything weird wasn't weird at all and it was the people saying they were weird that were weird.'

The word 'weird' doesn't sound like a real word anymore.

I seriously adore this photo. GEEK SPECS!

Quote Of The Day (and Happy Birthday, Mr. Stewart)!

Happy birthday Mr. Stewart!

'I always told Hitch that it would have been better to put seats around the set and sell tickets.'

 

I would call him by his first name, but I'm never sure what to call him: James or Jimmy? What do you lovely people call him?

Quote Of The Day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOBBY DARIN (my little homage will be up later)!

'If you don't try, if you don't do something for yourself, you won't get anywhere.'
 

Happy Birthday Audrey Hepburn!

'For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.'

 

'As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.'

'If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.'

 

'The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.'

 

Only a true lady could speak words of such genius and meaning. On this day in 1929, a little girl was born in Belgium and her name was Audrey Kathleen Ruston. This little girl would grow up to be one of the best-loved and most talented actresses of all time, as well as a fantastic person, with a passion for humanitarian work and well-known for her contribution to UNICEF projects. I am positive that Audrey Hepburn will never be forgotten, and rightly so. She is as much an inspiration to people, especially young women, today as she was way back in the 1950s, when she first came into the public eye with her role in Roman Holiday. Happy 82nd Birthday to my idol, the fabulous Audrey Hepburn!

Quote Of The Day (and Happy Birthday, Sandra Dee)!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FABULOUS SANDRA DEE (a known object of my envy)!

Okay, so technically it's belated now, seeing as it's now tomorrow...hmm...I'm a wee bit sleep depraved, and am not making sense. Let us allow Sandra's quotes do the talking!

'I used to sign vouchers and sign-out sheets with 'Alexandra Dee.' Somehow it stuck.'

I really do love Sandra. And Bobby. And Dodd. I love the whole Cassotto clan. Yeah, I definitely need sleep, but I can't after tonight's Doctor Who. That was scary stuff. And now I'm blabbing on. Sorry, peoples.

I think I stole this off Millie...sorry, m'dear!

Quote Of The Day (and Happy Birthday, Gregory Peck)!

IT'S THE MAN'S BIRTHDAY! HECK YEAH!

'What did I do in high school? I grew from 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 2 inches.'

 

Quote Of The Day (and Happy Birthday, Steve McQueen)!

Happy birthday, Mr. McQueen!

'I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth.'

 

Quote Of The Day!

Courtesy of the lovely Lauren Bacall!

'I am not a has-been. I am a will be.'
 

Quote Of The Day!

This one from Gary Cooper made me giggle:

'The general consensus seems to be that I don't act at all.'

Quote Of The Day!

From Jean Seberg (a lady whose hair amazes me):

'Money doesn't buy happiness. But happiness isn't everything.' 

Quote Of The Day (and Happy Birthday, Michael Caine)!

Michael Caine is The Man, alongside Gregory Peck. YOU'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO BLOW THE BLOODY DOORS OFF!

'Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.'

Michael is such a cool guy! Happy birthday!

Cool spectacles.

   

Quote Of The Day!

From the brilliant Etta James!

'My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that.'

 

For some reason every time I read an Etta quote I hear her sing it instead of say it...

Quote Of The Day!

From Bob Dylan:

'A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.'

 

Quote Of The Day!

From Nat King Cole:


'I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.'

 

Quote Of The Day (and Happy Belated Birthday, Jean Harlow)!

*pops up from behind sofa* I'm late again, aren't I? Oh dear. I can't keep up! I shall get back to blogging (properly!) at the weekend, I promise!


'I was not a born actress. No one knows it better than I. If I had any latent talent, I have had to work hard, listen carefully, do things over and over and then over again in order to bring it out.' 

Happy birthday, Jean!

I'm a wee bit in love with this photo!

RIP Jane Russell

No doubt she will be missed greatly. A brilliant quote from her, which I shall certainly use in future:

'The music these kids play nowadays, it`s nothing but screaming and pounding drums! You can`t hear the words, and that`s just as well, because the words stink!'

Quote Of The Day (and Happy Belated Birthday, Elizabeth Taylor)!

I apologise for another belated birthday birthday post. I'm a very bad classic film fan.

'I haven't read any of the autobiographies about me.'

Happy birthday, Liz!

PS-HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMMY!

Quote Of The Day (and Happy Belated Birthday, George Harrison)!

Sorry I didn't get a chance to post this yesterday!

'All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.'

Quote Of The Day!

Just because I was listening to Fever, here's one from Peggy Lee.

'You can't beat The Beatles, you join 'em.'