Claudette Colbert quotes

" It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it. " # Women

" Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy -- the mother. " # Funny # Enemies # Mothers

" The Social Sciences are good at accounting for disasters once they have taken place. " # Science and Scientists

" Yearning is not only a good way to go crazy but also a pretty good place to hide out from hard truth. " # Truth # Life and Living # Love

" I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can't think of anything else. Well, so did I once, but that was before the egg and I. " # Gambling # Work # Risk

" I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody. " # Business

" Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy -- the mother. " # Enemies

" Audiences always sound like they're glad to see me, and I'm damned glad to see them. If they want you, you want to do it. " # Audiences # Acting and Actors # Love

" Books written by actresses are for the birds. Besides what would I write?...that somebody was looking for an Italian type to play the ingenue in a film and I might do? " # Books - Reading # Acting and Actors # Language

" I married a wonderful doctor, and I was very happy-period. " # Doctors # Marriage # Happiness