Helen Hayes

"Age is not important unless you're a cheese."

"People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me."

"I cry out for order and find it only in art."

"Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up... a lot of people don't have the courage to do it."

"The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre."

"Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity."