Top 19 Quotes & Sayings by Mary Martin

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Mary Martin.

Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Mary Virginia Martin was an American actress and singer. A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein, she originated many leading roles on stage over her career, including Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (1949), the title character in Peter Pan (1954), and Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1959). She was named a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1989. She was the mother of actor Larry Hagman.

American - Actress | December 1, 1913 - November 3, 1990

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Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.

Mary Martin

After 60, it's just patch, patch, patch.

Mary Martin

The communication is in the work and words are no substitute for this.

Mary Martin

There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words.

Mary Martin

There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words. This is the world in which the artist operates and for him words can be dangerous unless they are examined in the light of the work. The communication is in the work and words are no substitute for this.

Mary Martin

When you love others you aren't nervous.

Mary Martin

Wishes are thoughts vibrant with life and eager for action.

Mary Martin

Mother was the disciplinarian, but it was Daddy who could turn me into an angel with just one look.

Mary Martin

After 60, its just patch, patch, patch

Mary Martin

Things can get very lovey and feasty with a bunch of stimulated hams.

Mary Martin

Even as a baby I quickly learned to crawl out of my crib. ... They'd put up barriers but I learned how to go over them.

Mary Martin

I was seventeen years old, a married woman without real responsibilities, miserable about my mixed-up emotions, afraid there was something awfully wrong with me because I didn't enjoy being a wife. Worst of all, I didn't have enough to do.

Mary Martin

Anything was better than playing cards, and I was doing something I wanted to do creating.

Mary Martin

We should try to hold on to the Christmas spirit, not just one day a year, but all 365.

Mary Martin

I'm not alone, but I am lonely without you.

Mary Martin

My experience of emptiness is that it is alive with the possibility of everything waiting to be born

Mary Martin

Sometimes I think that I cheated my own family and my closest friends by giving to audiences so much of the love I might have kept for them. But that’s the way I was made; I truly don't think I could help it

Mary Martin