139 Quotes by Kirk Douglas

Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we are alive

When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back.

What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder.

The first thing I look for in a woman is warmth-femininity. It's got nothing to do with a pretty face.

I'm glad they gave women the right to vote, but sometimes I'm sorry they have the right to smoke. Most women are messy about it, particularly about their lipstick. I don't mind wiping lipstick off myself, but I hate seeing it on cigarettes, napkins and coffee cups! I don't like women with all their beauty machinery showing-curlers, cold cream, mascara brushes. I'd even prefer to not see a woman touch up her lipstick, but I guess that's expecting too much.

Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things.

You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.

My mother, we were a very poor family. When I was a kid, we would be in our little room, and there would be a knock on the door almost every night with a hobo begging for food. Even though we didn't even have enough to eat, my mother always found something to give them.

Love has more depth as you get older.