Maureen Stapleton famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • "This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for this teaching with all my heart and lift my glass to human solidarity, to the ultimate victory of knowledge, peace, good-will and understanding."

  • I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.

  • The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes.

  • The scoreboard said I lost today, but what the scoreboard doesn't say is what it is I have found. Over the last 21 years, I have found loyalty. You have pulled for me on the court and also in life. I found inspiration. You have willed me to succeed, sometimes even in my lowest moments, and I've found generosity. You have given me your shoulders to stand on to reach for my dreams, dreams I could never have reached without you.

  • I wouldn't want to be a talk show host. That's another awkward compliment people make. 'You should have your own talk show.' And I think, no thank you.

  • Honestly, after about three years on a show, you're like, 'Thank you very much for giving me a step up. Now can I go do movies?'

  • I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.

  • You are actually the worst person I have ever met.

  • Their eyes met. It had begun. They had begun.

  • I was nervous. I mean, I'd met the Beatles, and Elvis, and everybody, but this was Salvador Dalí . This was like my history.