Doris Day Quotes

Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.

I’m going to do as much as I can for the animal world, and I’ll never stop.

The one radio voice that I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald. There was a quality to her voice that fascinated me, and I’d sing along with her, trying to catch the subtle ways she shaded her voice, the casual yet clean way she sang the words.

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you’ll grow out of it.

If it’s true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.

I had a wonderful family including my aunts, uncles and cousins but they’ve all gone to heaven.

I just feel so fortunate and so blessed to have been able to entertain people in the theatres and on record, it’s just an amazing life that I’ve experienced.

When I recorded for Columbia, I could usually do anything in one take…I would invariably want to use the first take because that would be the one that was spontaneous and fresh.

I couldn’t walk for almost three years. That was the greatest thing that happened. Instead of dancing, I sang.

When I see Liz Taylor with those Harry Winston boulders hanging from her neck I get nauseated. Not figuratively, but nauseated! All I can think of are how many dog shelters those diamonds could buy.

Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

I liked being married instead of the girl who’s looking for a guy.