AtomicQuote

Gene Tierney Quotes

I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover the past.

Gene Tierney

I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover the past.

Tags: future

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.

Gene Tierney

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.

Tags: gems, weaknesses, were

About Author
Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed for her great beauty, she became established as a leading lady. She was best known for her portrayal of the title character in the film Laura (1944), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Ellen Berent Harland in Leave Her to Heaven (1945).
Tierney's other roles include Martha Strable Van Cleve in Heaven Can Wait (1943), Isabel Bradley Maturin in The Razor's Edge (1946), Lucy Muir in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Ann Sutton in Whirlpool (1949), Mary Bristol in Night and the City (1950), Maggie Carleton McNulty in The Mating Season (1950), and Anne Scott in The Left Hand of God (1955).

I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions.

Gene Tierney

I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions.

Tags: diet, small, living, meat

Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties.

Gene Tierney

Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties.

Tags: jealousy, think, worst, faults

I existed in a world that never is , a prison of the mind.

Gene Tierney

I existed in a world that never is , a prison of the mind.

Tags: mental health, mind

I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication?

Gene Tierney

I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication?

Tags: home

I dated dozens of young men, had fun with all, made commitments to none.

Gene Tierney

I dated dozens of young men, had fun with all, made commitments to none.

Tags: men, fun, young

I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war.

Gene Tierney

I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war.

Tags: war

Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain.

Gene Tierney

Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain.

Tags: history

I had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man.

Gene Tierney

I had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man.

Tags: romantic, man, him, interest

In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening.

Gene Tierney

In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening.

Tags: war

Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau.

Gene Tierney

Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau.

Tags: best, movingon, women, heart

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.

Gene Tierney

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.

Tags: beauty, wealth, fame, little

I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him.

Gene Tierney

I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him.

Tags: home

I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity.

Gene Tierney

I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity.

Tags: family

The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941.

Gene Tierney

The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941.

Tags: change

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.

Gene Tierney

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.

Tags: birthday, me, spark, hollywood