Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Sheilah Graham Westbrook

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American columnist Sheilah Graham Westbrook.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Sheilah Graham was a British-born, nationally syndicated American gossip columnist during Hollywood's "Golden Age". In her youth, she had been a showgirl and a freelance writer for Fleet Street in London. These early experiences would converge in her career in Hollywood, which spanned nearly four decades, as a successful columnist and author.

American - Columnist | September 15, 1904 - November 17, 1988

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Food, sex, and liquor create their own appetite.

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be careful what you want, for you will get it.

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Food is the most primitive form of comfort.

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Women without men are usually nervous. ... The important thing is to have a man, even if you just like him. Pleasing him, you will please yourself.

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No one has a closest friend in Hollywood.

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I sometimes mistake my typewriter for my teeth, because the more I bite the more my column will be read.

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The youthful sparkle in Ronald Reagan's eyes is caused by his contact lenses, which he keeps highly polished.

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You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world

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I have learned that part of the formula for success is to keep quiet about your objective until you get it. Just as the universe is filled with positive energy waiting to join your own, there is also destructive energy emanating from people who do not like you.

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No one has a closest friend in Hollywood. These guys do not do friends in the orthodox sense!

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I won't be remembered for my writing. I'll be remembered as Scott's mistress.

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You just never know when you're going into eternity.

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You never put off until tomorrow or even this afternoon what you can do this morning. Attack the objective when your desire is strongest.

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