By Myself and Then Some Quotes

“Imagination is the highest kite that can fly.”
― Lauren Bacall, By Myself and Then Some

“Half of life’s problems disappear when one’s head is healthy.”
― Lauren Bacall, By Myself and Then Some

“Childhood anxieties, childhood fears, never disappear entirely. They fade, but not away.”
― Lauren Bacall, By Myself and Then Some

“I'd like to meet the man who decided that people do or don't look Jewish. What the hell does that mean anyway? Is it the American penchant for pinning things down, catergorizing, for pigeonholing people? Whatever it is, it's wrong.”
― Lauren Bacall, By Myself and Then Some

“From my own self-analysis, which I seldom indulge in, I am what I am.”
― Lauren Bacall, By Myself and Then Some

“We started out to see some of Paris on foot with him, stopping at the famous Café de la Paix, where you were supposed to see everyone you knew if you just sat there long enough. To sit at a sidewalk café having coffee or a drink – the sound and sight of France all around. The Champs-Elysées was incredible – the chestnut trees – how could one city attain such perfection? Who had dreamed it up? Who had made it all come true? I wanted to see every corner of it.”
― Lauren Bacall, By Myself and Then Some

“Facing a situation head on was the only way to deal with anything. I learned the lesson early.”
― Lauren Bacall, By Myself and Then Some

“There is always the fear that a wonder of the world can’t live up to expectations. Not so. The Taj Mahal was breathtakingly beautiful – if anything, better even than I’d been told. Beauty like that is too dazzling to be imagined.”
― Lauren Bacall, By Myself and Then Some

“The best thing about dreams is that youth holds on to them.”
― Lauren Bacall, By Myself and Then Some

“like this – I’d thought it would be neat and tidy, one reporter at a time. I didn’t know then how Charlie Einfeld”
― Lauren Bacall, By Myself and Then Some

“Bogie did not believe in in-laws living with husband and wife, and he didn’t believe in anyone dropping in, relatives, even mothers, included. His rule was absolute: Call before and wait for an invitation. His home was sacred, and privacy to be respected.”
― Lauren Bacall, By Myself and Then Some

“And making a fool of yourself is something all actors have to risk doing. That’s part of our business. And that too is not the end of the world, though it can seem so at the time”
― Lauren Bacall, By Myself and Then Some