25 Quotes by Lillian Gish

You can get through life with bad manners, but it’s easier with good manners.

I like people to come back and tell me what I did wrong. That’s the kindest thing you can do.

The older I get, the more I believe in what I can’t explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable.

I’ve never been in style, so I can’t go out of style.

I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t acting, so I can’t imagine what I would do if I stopped now.

You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I’m sure I would have played his mother. That’s the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.

What you get is a living, what you give is a life.