Myrna Quotes

#1. Myrna was not astigmatic; the lenses were clear glass; she wore the glasses to prove her dedication and intensity of purpose.

John Kennedy Toole

#2. How many women do we know who were continually kissed by Clark Gable, William Powell, Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy and Fredric March? Only one: Myrna Loy.

Lauren Bacall

#3. Her voice was flat, in a way Myrna recognized from years of listening to people trying to rein in their emotions. To squash them down, flatten, them, and with them their words and their voices. Desperately trying to make the horrific sound mundane.

Louise Penny

#4. I have a big box of autographs. I took photographs of me and Marlene Dietrich, me and Ida Lupino. I took pictures of Myrna Loy and Joel McCrea in front of the studios. I loved Hollywood. I have 500 autographs and 500 photographs I took.

Ray Bradbury

#5. Ah Myrna, I think I've loved you since I took my first breath." ...
"Don't be afraid, Myr. I love you more than I could ever put into words, but I won't fail you. I promise. This love, our love, is forever.

Olivia Cunning

#6. I think the soul must be heavy and smooth, Myrna: I deduce this from the buoyant, jerky movements of puppets, which lack souls.

Helen Oyeyemi

#7. You have one hour to live. Who is it, exactly, you have needed all these years to forgive?" Myrna

Louise Penny

#8. Myrna...prayed God wasn't one of of the men or women she'd betrayed by signing their release. Myrna's weight wasn't all carried around her middle.

Louise Penny

#9. Is this man your hunka hunka burning love?" Elvis asked. Myrna laughed. "I'll say." "Does this woman have you all shook up?" Elvis asked. Brian grinned. "Yeah, she does.

Olivia Cunning

#10. When did he pass out lastnight?" Eric asked Myrna.
"After he swallowed my banana and I forced him to consume my fluids.

Olivia Cunning

#11. His theory is that life is loss,' said Myrna after a moment. 'Loss of parents, loss of loves, loss of jobs. So we have to find a higher meaning in our lives than these things and people. Otherwise we'll lose ourselves.

Louise Penny

#12. Myrna could spend happy hours browsing bookcases. She felt if she could just get a good look at a person's bookcase and their grocery cart, she'd pretty much know who they were.

Louise Penny

#13. Just love me, Myrna," he whispered against her lips. "Please."

~Brian "Master" Sinclair

Olivia Cunning

#14. I was dreaming about you."

"Was it a good dream?"

"Not really. I was chasing you and you wouldn't stop running from me."

~Brian/Myrna

Olivia Cunning

#15. I was second in line of defence, behind Myrna Loy.

Rosalind Russell

#16. Gabri and Myrna were very rich indeed, rich in the things that matter. In friendships and laughter, in kindness and company. People rich in money might belong at the Inn and Spa, but those rich in other ways belonged in the tiny village of Three Pines. Here, kindness was the real currency.

Louise Penny

#17. Too long have I confined myself in Miltonic isolation and meditation. It is clearly time for me to step boldly into our society, not in the boring, passive manner of the Myrna Minkoff school of social action, but with great style and zest.

John Kennedy Toole

#18. her book. Ngaio Marsh. Myrna was re-reading the classics.

Louise Penny

#19. Most of us are great with change, as long it was our idea. But change imposed from the outside can send some people into a tailspin. - Myrna Landers

Louise Penny

#20. Clara tried to give the eulogy, but couldn't speak. Her words stuck at the lump in her throat. And so Myrna took over, holding her hand while Clara stood beside her.

Louise Penny

#21. Trey pulled the sucker out of his mouth.

"Um, Myrna," he said. "You seem to be naked."

~Trey

Olivia Cunning

#22. A toast to the birthday boy!' Myrna shouted. 'Welcome to the adult world, hon. It's lonely, it's miserable, and God help you. But there are bright spots, and nights like tonight are one of them.

Natalie Standiford

#23. This is clearly a case for the Civil Liberties Union," Ignatius observed, squeezing his mother's drooping shoulder with the paw. "We must contact Myrna Minkoff, my lost love. She knows about those things.

John Kennedy Toole

#24. Physical space between us evaporates. We play the broken strings of our instruments one last time

John Green

#25. I think that carrying on a life that is meant to be private in public is a breach of taste, common sense, and mental hygiene.

Myrna Loy

#26. Kids take up all available time - it's the basic law of parenthood. No matter how much time you give them, whether you work from eight to eight or are around the house all the time, you'll still feel you haven't been there enough for them.

Myrna Blyth

#27. I got rid of all those reporters.

Myrna Loy

#28. very good story and I enjoyed it very much

Myrna Mackenzie

#29. I was a homely kid with freckles that came out every spring and stuck on me till Christmas.

Myrna Loy

#30. But it was late.
We had to go home.
We listened
to the river singing,
the river singing stone.

Myrna Pena-Reyes

#31. I had these slinky eyes and a sense of humor.

Myrna Loy

#32. They say the movies should be more like life; I think life should be more like the movies.

Myrna Loy

#33. Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.

Myrna Ericksen

#34. ...and I never allowed another human being to touch me in intimacy again.

Myrna Lamb

#35. Some perfect wife I am. I've been married four times, divorced four times, have no children, and can't boil an egg.

Myrna Loy

#36. Life is not about having and getting. It's about being and becoming.

Myrna Loy

#37. I never enjoyed my work more than when I worked with William Powell. He was a brilliant actor, a delightful companion, a great friend and above all, a true gentleman.

Myrna Loy

#38. Most of the sex I've seen on the screen looks like an expression of hostility towards sex.

Myrna Loy

#39. If you're bored in New York, it's your own fault.

Myrna Loy

#40. Why does every black person in the movies have to play a servant? How about a black person walking up the steps of a courthouse carrying a briefcase?

Myrna Loy

#41. Cocks were made to be teased.

Olivia Cunning