World Nothing War Beauty Months In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening. - Gene Tierney
Future Past I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover the past. - Gene Tierney
Excuses I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be. - Gene Tierney
Mother In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress. - Gene Tierney
We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat! - Edie Brickell
Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this. - Francois Rabelais