Top 22 Quotes & Sayings by Gypsy Rose Lee

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Gypsy Rose Lee was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper and vedette famous for her striptease act. Also an actress, author, and playwright, her 1957 memoir was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy.

American - Entertainer | January 9, 1914 - 1970

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Praying is like a rocking chair - it'll give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere.

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She is descended from a long line that her mother listened to.

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God is love, but get it in writing.

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I have everything I had 20 years ago, only it's all a little lower.

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This is my present, you know. My present from Mother.

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If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly... very slowly.

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I wrote it three times - with a Thesaurus.

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I wasn't naked, I was completely covered by a blue spotlight.

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God will protect us, but to make sure, carry a heavy club.

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I've got everything I had 20 years ago, except now it's all lower.

Gypsy Rose Lee

God will protect us, but to make sure, carry a heavy club

Gypsy Rose Lee

I have everything I had twenty years ago, only it's all a little bit lower.

Gypsy Rose Lee

Men aren’t attracted to me by my mind. They’re attracted by what I don’t mind.

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A naked dog for a naked lady.

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She's descended from a long line her mother listened to.

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The dog is dressed just like me at the climax of my act.

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It's not what you do. It's the way you do it-stripping, or writing, or talking . . . or just breathing. Do it with an air, and never admit you're scared.

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If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly ... very slowly.

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I'm probably the highest paid outdoor entertainer since Cleopatra.

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I used to come home at night full of inspiration, and sit up with a bottle of Scotch. As I wrote, the words seemed wonderful, just too wonderful to be coming from me. Next morning I always found they were terrible and I could never use anything I wrote.

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Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

Gypsy Rose Lee

You don't have to be naked to look naked. You just have to think naked.

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