Judy Garland Quotes

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Birds fly over the rainbow. Why then, oh, why can't I?

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, and a little more loving, have a little more empathy, and maybe we'd like each other a little bit more.

Behind every cloud is another cloud.

The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.

We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.

I've always taken 'The Wizard of Oz' very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I've spent my entire life trying to get over it.

I can live without money, but I cannot live without love.

Give the people what they want and then go have a hamburger.

I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.

To let a fool kiss you is bad...To let a kiss fool you is worse. 'Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul.

If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely?

He gave me a look at myself I've never had before. He saw something in me nobody else ever did. He made me see it too. He made me believe it.

I've been in love with audiences all my life, and I've tried to please. I hope I did.

Hollywood is a strange place if you're in trouble. Everybody thinks it's contagious.

I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.

My life, my career has been like a roller coaster. I've either been an enormous success or just a down-and-out failure.

How strange when an illusion dies. It's as though you've lost a child.

'Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul.

I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them.

You know something? I'm decent! There isn't a great deal of decency in the world, especially in our business, and I'm one of the few really decent ladies around.

You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.

Soon the sun beams will smile through. Before you jump out of that bed, just know, the thought of you was the first thing that hit my head. Good morning my darling.

If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you.

There have been times when I have deliberately tried to take my life... I think I must have been crying for some attention.

[On daughter Liza Minnelli] I think she decided to go into show business when she was an embryo, she kicked so much.

Audiences have kept me alive.

I think there's something peculiar about me that I haven't died. It doesn't make sense but I refuse to die.

People en masse have always been wonderful to me. I truly have a great love for an audience...I want to give them two hours of just pow.

I'm just an Irish biddy.

It's lonely and cold on the top... lonely and cold.

I'm the original take-orders girl.

I've seen the ticket, and I still can't believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don't hit the floor.

I was born in a lovely white house with a garden.

Velveeta: you can eat it - or wax your car with it!

I truly have a great love for an audience, and I used to want to prove it to them by giving them blood.

If I'm such a legend then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you.

Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.