Joan Hickson Quotes

#1. I had to marry a Greek; I had to stir up the ethnic pot. Otherwise, my children would have been anemic and sickly. Now they've got some good Mediterranean blood in them.

Alexandra Wentworth

#2. Money is simply a tool to give you choices.

Hill Harper

#3. Chris Guest movies are funny.

Michael Keaton

#4. I wasn't beautiful, so there were plenty of character roles. I never did any Shakespeare, I'm far too superficial for that. I just act instinctively.

Joan Hickson

#5. I thought I was the wrong shape: that Miss Marple would be much fluffier than me, much more wearing shawls and things. But I was persuaded, and now, well - I can only do it my way.

Joan Hickson

#6. The very sort of smile that makes decent folk want to slap Buddhist monks in the face,

Fredrik Backman

#7. An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.

Walter Bagehot

#8. It's strange the times people choose to be generous.

Stephen Chbosky

#9. I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it.

Anita Baker

#10. Retirement is fatal. Luckily, in my profession, you don't have to retire.

Joan Hickson

#11. Where your flesh is in front, your future is behind.

Paul Enenche

#12. I watch these old films in black and white, and suddenly the door opens, and there I am. The other day, I was wearing the most awful hat.

Joan Hickson

#13. Perfection is too high a goal to strive for. Sometimes working hard brings
more satisfaction in the end.

Megan Hart

#14. Miss Marple believes in justice and has very high standards. There is nothing you could say or do that would shock her.

Joan Hickson

#15. I was lucky not to have been born pretty.

Joan Hickson

#16. Beauty is the reflection of a loving heart, not the quality of an object or subject.

Debasish Mridha

#17. When two people are right with Him [God], they will be right with each other.

Francis Chan

#18. I love getting back to Wivenhoe. I get out of my wig, bustle and costume in three minutes flat at the end of the play before jumping into a taxi outside the theater and catching the train home.

Joan Hickson

#19. We are fragile creatures, and it is from this weakness, not despite it, that we discover the possibility of true joy.

Desmond Tutu

#20. Loyalty consists of many things, including being truthful with our friends. When you really disagree, you have to say so.

Peggy Noonan

#21. I believe that we exist to fully participate in the creation of our own lives.

Toni Sorenson

#22. I have never been a star; I'm just an old character bag.

Joan Hickson