V. L. Crawford Quotes

Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.

In the studio, I do try to have a thought in my head, so that it's not like a blank stare.

I’ve made upwards of a million bucks in the cops and robbers business.

I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser.

Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.

Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an interesting story, but I don't know twenty-five men I'd want to invite ta a party.

I've always found that beauty and confidence are synonymous. If you feel confident, that's what people see.

If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don't need an analyst.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

Courage isn't the absence of fear, but a decision that what we want is more important than what we are afraid of.

Care for your clothes, like the good friends they are

I have cellulite. I admit it. But sometimes I just say, 'Screw it, I am going to wear a bikini.'

Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it!

Winter is the time of promise because there is so little to do - or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so.

Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.

I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.

It’s not like your soul gets older. It gets wiser.

Well, we can skip childhood because I didn't have any. Not one goddam moment on the Good Ship Lollipop.

A cool breeze stirred my hair at that moment, as the night wind began to come down from the hills, but it felt like a breath from another world.

Homeopathy offers a safe, natural alternative that causes no side effects or drug interactions.

To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.

Make your wardrobe as versatile as an actress. It should be able to play many roles.

Be afraid of nothing.

Next to blood relationships, come water relationships.

The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned.

I am the doctor of our family, and I am a big fan of homeopathy.

We are a product of the choices we make, not the circumstances that we face.

[To the mother of two unruly children in a restaurant after the woman said she really didn't know what to do with her children:] Have you tried infanticide?

It is my intention to make no provision herein for my son Christopher or my daughter Christina for reasons which are well known to them.

Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.

I was born in front of a camera and really don't know anything else

Life is where you're at. Whatever you're doing is enough. You don't need to do everything well all the time. When you live your life like that, it's a huge relief.

My God, I'm four hundred years old and the most I can do is look three hundred.

all that time hanging around the sets, watching Norma Shearer make the most of her three expressions, was a help.

They fell, but o'er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.

I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.

Personally I'm obsessive-compulsive about the placement and cleanliness of my things.

You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed.

Then there's that 'You're only as old as you feel' business, which is true to a point, but you can't be Shirley Temple on the Good Ship Lollipop forever. Sooner or later, dammit, you're old.

If you've earned a position, be proud of it. Don't hide it. I want to be recognized. When I hear people say, 'There's Joan Crawford!' I turn around and say, 'Hi! How are you!'

If I can't be me, I don't want to be anybody. I was born that way.

There was a saying around MGM: "Norma Shearer got the productions, Greta Garbo supplied the art, and Joan Crawford made the money to pay for both".

I collect antiques. Why? Because they're beautiful.

When you are getting ready to become a mom, being in love with someone just isn't enough. You need to think about whether he would be a good parent and raise your children with similar beliefs.

To dream a garden and then to plant it is an act of independence and even defiance to the greater world.

If you enter a race and finish last, you are a winner. The loser never entered the race.

Watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful.

The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.

I think if people are passionate about something, it could be real estate or biochemistry, and that spark gets turned on in them, everyone's beautiful in that zone.

I was a strict disciplinarian, perhaps too strict at times, but my God, without discipline what is life?