Top 234 Mildred Pierce Quotes & Sayings

Silence is never so impenetrable as when the whisper of steel on paper strives to pierce it.

I am lighter than Paul Pierce.

Her name rang in Will's mind like the chime of a bell; he wondered if any other name on earth had such an inescapable resonance to it. She couldn't have been named something awful, could she, like Mildred. He couldn't imagine lying awake at night, staring up at the ceiling while invisible voices whispered 'Mildred' in his ears. But Tessa--

It is the little things that pierce and burn and prick for years to come.

I want to be the next Paul Pierce.

Films like 'The Godfather,' 'Chinatown' and 'The Exorcist' brought a realism and currency and understatement to their genres that we wanted for 'Mildred Pierce.'

Has there ever been anyone quite like Paul Pierce ? No.

I like books steeped in the quotidian - details about work and place. You can learn how to run a chicken-and-waffle restaurant by reading 'Mildred Pierce.' And I like fiction about money.

Remain cheerful, For nothing destructive can pierce through The solid wall of cheerfulness.

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.

The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce through it.

I love beautiful black-and-white movies - anything Bette Davis, especially 'Now', 'Voyager', 'Casablanca', 'Mildred Pierce'; anything by Orson Welles, Truffaut, or Godard; and 'Paper Moon' by Peter Bogdanovich.

Sometimes it takes great suffering to pierce the soul and open it up to greatness

If the only thing that was interesting about Jefferson Pierce is that he is African-American, I don't think we'd have much of a show.

You know Mildred would never do anything wrong or foolish. I reflected a little sadly that this was only too true and hoped I did not appear too much that kind of person to others. Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing.

I'm not very funny in real life. I used to want to be a comedian when I was 13, 14, 15, till I saw "Death Of A Salesman" with Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock.

People who pierce the veil of money rarely return with their faculties altogether intact.

What I saw in Black Lightning, Jefferson Pierce, even the villains, are aspects of myself.

I think in Boston we had three great players in Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen.

Al's red eyes slid past me to Pierce. "Play?" he said, his voice dripping with interest. "Gordian Nathaniel Pierce's quirks are legendary. Why do you think I want the runt so badly? Size truly doesn't matter if you can do what he can." ~ Algaliarept, Black Magic Sanction, Kim Harrison

I auditioned for 'Loving' two years before we started shooting, so in the hopes that I would be playing Mildred, I watched it again. Also it's one of the best documentaries I've seen. I found this couple interminably fascinating; even if I didn't get the part, I just wanted to know more about them and their story.

Truth is hidden by the golden veil of the mundane. Pierce through this thin glittering sheath and know that you are the Sun

I love beautiful black-and-white movies - anything Bette Davis, especially Now, Voyager, Casablanca, Mildred Pierce; anything by Orson Welles, Truffaut, or Godard; and Paper Moon by Peter Bogdanovich.

I did my first nude scene in Mildred Pierce, and that was absolutely terrifying, but it was for an important part of the film and for a reason, and it's incredibly powerful. It's not gratuitous. I think the stuff they show on MTV is so much worse.

I'm always interested in what classic crime writers got into when they stepped away from the genre stuff they were known for. That's why 'Mildred Pierce' is like noir without any real crime.

Mildred Pierce was capable of great acts of love as a mother.

There is no harder shield for the devil to pierce with temptation than singing with prayer.

I smell pancakes," Al said as he jauntily smacked Pierce's hat back on the witch's head. "Did the runt make you breakfast?" Al said, leaning over the stove. "Quickest way to a woman's crotch is through her gullet, eh?" he said, leering at Pierce, who was now rinsing out the percolator. "Is it working? I'd be curious to know. I'd buy her a cake or something.

'Mildred' was the first film I shot on Super 16 with Ed Lachman, and we decided to continue doing so for 'Carol.'

The first things I did when I got out of school in '65 was to buy a pair of Levis and pierce my ears.

I have no plans to trade Paul Pierce.

What Richard and Mildred Loving did was, by their nature, not by any calculus, they separated themselves from the political conversation. They did not have an agenda. They did not want to be martyrs. They did not want to be symbols of a movement.

I don't want to pierce anything. I think it's outdated. Belly rings and all are, like, old.

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

Cowards' weapons neither cut nor pierce.

I think Paul Pierce, the way he manufactures points, is the best player the Celtics have seen thus far.

This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy.

I feel very honored to be playing with Bill Pierce. He's such a great musician.

No iron can pierce the human heart as chillingly as a full stop placed at the right time.

Charles Pierce, Bea Arthur, and I were like a terrible little trio.

To become romantic artists, we must pierce the armor that hides our hearts, and the piercing is not comfortable.

Ozzie Newsome hit a home run by drafting Bernard Pierce. He is a great compliment to Ray Rice.

Pierce Brosnan is a very sweet man. Oh, we had our issues, but a lot of it was hormones.

If you start watching the oldies, you're in trouble. I feel ancient if "Grand Hotel" or "The Bride Wore Red" comes on. I have a sneaking regard for "Mildred Pierce", but the others do nothing for me.

The story of Warner Brothers' movie, 'Mildred Pierce,' recounts the enormous and unrewarded sacrifices that a mother (Joan Crawford) makes for her spoiled, greedy daughter (Ann Blythe).

I guess being French, I love Hollywood. I love Hollywood movies. Joseph Mankiewicz's 'All About Eve.' 'Mildred Pierce.'

Mildred waves Carlos over. 'Let me look at you.' She eyes him up and down. 'I saw you when you walked in. What's with all those tattoos? Makes you look like a hooligan.' 'I suspect I am a hooligan,' he says to her. 'Whatever that means.

No iron spike can pierce a human heart as icily as a period in the right place.

Even irrefutable evidence is rarely enough to pierce the mental armor of self-justification.

I was never a huge 007 fan, but I sure liked Sean Connery. I'm sure Pierce Brosnan is good and has his moments, but I've not seen him; I've only seen bits and pieces on TV, so I can't really judge. Pierce looks very natural in the role.

Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief.

Black Lightning, Jefferson Pierce, is the American dream.

Working with Pierce Brosnan and Minnie Driver was just a dream. A bit of a pinch-yourself moment.

I love the 'Mildred Pierce' miniseries.

I never ever would have thought initially it would have been someone like Pierce playing Charles. I think he has an innate likeability to him, as soon as you meet him he's very, very charismatic. Charles, on the page, was someone who's very domineering and quite a negative character, and Pierce just by being Pierce can change the whole dynamic of it, which made for a much for interesting relationship. He's a really nice guy.

Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.

I was born in Chicago in 1927, the only child of Morris and Mildred Markowitz, who owned a small grocery store. We lived in a nice apartment, always had enough to eat, and I had my own room. I never was aware of the Great Depression.

The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse by boorish expressions of doubt.