Quotes by Mary Tyler Moore

“You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.”

“Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.”

“I feel about my dogs now, and all the dogs I had prior to this, the way I feel about childrenthey are that important to me. When I have lost a dog I have gone into a mourning period that lasted for...”

“I've always been independent. I've always had courage. But I didn't always own my diabetes.”

“There are certain things about me that I will never tell to anyone because I am a very private person. But basically, what you see is who I am. I'm independent, I do like to be liked, I do look for...”

“Take chances make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.”

“Take chances make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.”

“I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.”

“Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.”

“My proximity to the sheep, cattle, and geese who are now my neighbors in the country is what has finally turned me into a vegetarian. I talk to these animals when I walk. Sometimes I am lucky enoug...”

“My grandfather once said, having watched me one entire afternoon, prancing and leaping and cavorting, this child will either end up on stage or in jail. Fortunately, I took the easy route.”

“I knew at a very early age what I wanted to do. Some people refer to it as indulging in my instincts and artistic bent. I call it just showing off, which was what I did from about three years of ag...”

“It may take a while, but there will probably come a time when we look back and say, Good Lord, do you believe that in the twentieth century and early part of the twenty-first, people were still eat...”

“Whatever it is, it’s OK because it’s what it is. Don’t be looking for perfection. Don’t be short-tempered with yourself. And you’ll be a whole lot nicer to be around with everyone else.”