Top 139 Shirley Quotes & Sayings

When actress Shirley Maclaine arrived 30 minutes late for a class, I asked her to leave.

I'm just into spirituality. I believe that in a previous life I used to be Shirley MacLaine.

I love Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey.

My style icons were Gwen Stefani, when she was in No Doubt, and then Shirley Manson in Garbage.

I remember watching 'I Love Lucy' from an early age, 'Laverne & Shirley.'

Shirley Valentine is a beautiful character and so well written. What Shirley speaks and thinks is so logical.

Being in the same scenes as Maggie Smith and Shirley MacLaine is something I will never forget.

The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable.

Shirley MacLaine said, You're so funny, then gave me a hug. Everything went white. I couldn't hear, I couldn't see. I thought I was going to pass out

Dancer, bride, runaway wife, radical filmmaker and pioneer - Shirley Clarke is one of the great undertold stories of American independent cinema.

Shirley Chisholm is another one [political hero]. She was a dynamic speaker, and the first black woman to run for President.

Well, possibly," I said, feeling my lips twitch again. "But maybe first you would tell us why you chose to manifest yourself in the form of Shirley Temple as last seen on the 'Good Ship Lollipop'?" The demon twirled around, its big pink sash fluttering as it smoothed down its dress and frilly little petticoat. "My grotesque form isn't making you sick with fright?" We both shook our heads, Noelle with a hand over her mouth to keep from laughing out loud. "Shirley Temple at her pinnacle was frightening," I finally told it, "but not in the sense I think you mean.

There's a tendency to think tap's had its day, but 'Happy Feet' kept us in the race. That penguin is our Shirley Temple.

I initially told people I wanted to be a dancer and ultimately a "Rockette." I didn't really know what a musical theatre performer was other than the Shirley Temple type.

The horror genre is vast and full of brilliance. Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Herman Melville, the book of Esther. I'll happily join that list.

Growing up, I watched a lot of Shirley Temple movies.

He died a long painful death. However, you'll be happy to hear that just a few years later he was reincarnated as Shirley MacLaine.

There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not the condition now.

I've written songs for Shirley Bassey, Marianne Faithfull, and Linda Thompson. I sort of focus on these wonderful, aging divas. But maybe that's because I think I'm Christina Aguilera.

No, I'm not Shirley the girl, I'm the woman on MTV with the big boots.

I read Betty Smith's "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," all of Shirley Jackson's books, which I loved.

I want the world to know that Shirley Sherrod is someone who is committed to helping others. I love people, and I love doing things that make a difference.

Shirley MacLaine: what an asshole.

Shirley Temple opens doors for Shirley Temple Black.

Naturally Shirley had known, as they slid stock words and phrases back and forth between them like beads on an abacus, that Howard must be as brimful of ecstasy as she was; but to express these feelings out loud, when the news of death was still fresh in the air, would have been tantamount to dancing naked and shrieking obscenities, and Howard and Shirley were clothed, always, in an invisible layer of decorum that they never laid aside.

I remember feeling enormous pressure because I didn't want to be Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple was Shirley Temple, and I didn't ever feel like I could live up to that.

If you're a fan of Shirley MacLaine just like I am, I'd kinda go anywhere to work with her.

I have such a crush on Shirley Manson. I think she's the coolest thing.

Shirley and Griffey get along like a rattler and a parrot.

I kind of did this thing in high school, a spoof of 'Sweeney Todd' called 'Shirley Todd,' and I had a great time doing that.

Shirley Temple had charisma as a child. But it cleared up as an adult.

Shirley Jackson's writings are a must for aficionados of the gothic and of good literature.

I absolutely love Shirley Temples. I don't know why, but ever since I was young, it's always been my favorite thing to drink!

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.

Another thing I recall was falling in love with Shirley Temple when I was nine or ten.

One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.

Breitbart media is named after the same gentleman who basically framed Shirley Sherrod during the Obama administration.

In the middle of Beaches there's a scene from the "Laverne & Shirley" TV show so they see some history of my work in each film.

People from my sort of background needed Grammar schools to compete with children from privileged homes like Shirley Williams and Anthony Wedgwood Benn.

THE THREE is really wonderful. A mix of Michael Crichton and Shirley Jackson, hard to put down and vastly entertaining.

I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked.

My favorite diva is Dame Shirley Bassey from the U.K. I just love that every song she sings becomes crazy and intense with feeling. That's how I feel in my daily life.

my cousin Shirley, who never complains, screamed and screamed when she was having her baby. True, this was just during conception.

Shirley Valentine is a beautiful character and so well written. What Shirley speaks and thinks is so logical

Shirley! Don't call me Shirley!

One of the first shows I ever did was 'Laverne & Shirley.' I played this sleazy guy that came into town with a friend and was going to date Laverne and Shirley, but we really wanted to get into the bowling alley because it was next to the bank we wanted to rob.

Some of my earliest heroes were congresswomen like Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan.

We had - there was 'Laverne and Shirley,' but 'Happy Days' started off the evening, and then, you know, we just sort of swam along with them.

Shirley MacLaine said, You're so funny, then gave me a hug. Everything went white. I couldn't hear, I couldn't see. I thought I was going to pass out.

Shirley Sherrod seems like a good and dedicated person.

I’d like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That’s how I’d like to be remembered.

Every actor tries to come to Broadway be it Richard Burton, Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor or Shirley McClain.

Howard and Shirley were clothed, always, in an invisible layer of decorum that they never laid aside.

You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair." — Anne Shirley

I'd like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That's how I'd like to be remembered.

Shirley Temple doesn't hurt Shirley Temple Black. Shirley Temple helps Shirley Temple Black. She is thought of as a friend - which I am!

You only live once, except for Shirley MacLaine.

I like more grounded comedy. I enjoy broad comedies also, but I like Shirley MacLaine.

My style icons are Leigh Lezark, Gwen Stefani and Shirley Manson.

The great children's author and illustrator Shirley Hughes marks her 90th birthday by appearing as Michael Berkeley's guest in 'Private Passions'.