Hermione Gingold Quotations

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.

My father dealt in stocks and shares and my mother also had a lot of time on her hands.

Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered - and I still do - which is more important.

I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract.

Anything that's white is sweet. Anything that's brown is meat. Anything that's grey don't eat

People who think about the past have no future.

She never sets foot out of her apartment or her past.

There are far too many men in politics and not enough elsewhere.

Contrary to popular belief, English women do not wear tweed nightgowns.

My worst fault is my belief that if you put bills unopened behind a picture frame, there is no need to pay them.

A great city is a great solitude.

[When asked if her husband was still living:] It's a matter of opinion.

One of the nicest things about living in America is the fact that sooner or later you are practically bound to get an award of some sort or other.

Love is a worn-out word. People love their cat, they love their house. I've never been in love with anyone but myself.

What Americans call cross-ventilation, the English call draughts.

A diet is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what you watch.

To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit he was, to all outward appearances. But to those who knew him well, he was a perfect gentleman.