Quotes by Doris Day

“Killing an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn't meant to be, and we have no right to do it. A woman gains status when she refuses to see anything killed to be put on her back. Then she's truly b...”

“I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source.”

“When I was a teeny little girl, I was in dancing school, and I sang. We had to put a dance to a song, so I went to the 10-cent store one day and looked at all the sheet music. It was all laid out, ...”

“The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.”

“Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.”

“I had a wonderful family including my aunts, uncles and cousins but they've all gone to heaven.”

“If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.”

“It was the only ambition I ever had - not to be a dancer or Hollywood movie star, but to be a housewife in a good marriage.”

“Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden.”

“Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.”

“I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile, and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it....”

“If it's true that men are such beasts this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.”

“The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it.”

“If it's true that men are such beasts this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.”

“I’ve been through everything. I always said I was like those round-bottomed circus dolls — you know, those dolls you could push down and they’d come back up? I’ve always been like that. I’ve always...”

“Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.”