"In those days I was a slip of a thing with a divine figure and a face I was certain drove men wild. There is no doubt that I was the most conceited thing that ever lived. I simply adored Dagmar Godowsky and it was a passion that has withstood the test of time."

--

Source : Dagmar Godowsky (1958). “First Person Plural: The Lives of Dagmar Godowsky”, Viking Adult

Dagmar Godowsky

#Passion Quotes #Conceited Quotes #Men Quotes

“I never liked the name Eldred. Since nobody knew me in New York, I just changed to my middle name.”
“Collecting is my passion.”
“Listen, it's not nice to have your mum kill herself, that is difficult. But at the end of the day, it happened a long time ago. My mother was, I hope, not the reason that I have been successful. It's not as simplistic as 'My mum killed herself; I've got to prove myself.' I was very lucky that my parents took an interest in me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If all the earth were paper white / And all the sea were ink / 'Twere not enough for me to write / As my poor heart doth think.”
“To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to the violence of our times.”
“No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance.”
“If the Christians who were alive in the 1770s behaved and believed like the Christians of today, there wouldn't be an America as we know it.”
“You only really discover the strength of your spine when your back is against the wall.”

You may also like:

Abraham Cahan
Editor
Frank Farrington
Film actor