271 Quotes by Shirley MacLaine

I’m an expert in hookers. I’m an expert in doormats. I’m an expert in victims. They were the best parts. And when I woke up – sociologically, politically, and creatively – I could no longer take those parts and look in the mirror.

My gift is that I’m not beautiful. My career was never about looks. It’s about health and being in good shape.

One of the most erogenous zones of a woman is her intelligence.

If you’re comfortable with yourself-which everyone can get to, to some extent-that’s when you start getting into who is your real self.

I’m a peaceful person once work ethic is established.

If they would teach us from the time we’re little to meditate and get in touch with all that our souls know, we wouldn’t fight so much.

I can’t advise any of the young ones, because I don’t know what their background was, but I would suggest that anyone who wants to be famous more than anything – there’s a real problem.

Once you get your own family clear in your head, whatever your problems are with it, you’re better prepared for being an adult in the world.

I wasn’t afraid of getting old, because I was never a great beauty.