Notable Quotes
Browse quotes by subject | Browse quotes by author


SHIRLEY TEMPLE QUOTES

American actress (1928-2014)

Shirley Temple quote

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE, Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion

Studio chief Winfield Sheehan wanted me to remain a little girl. If I lost my innocence, he said, it would show in my eyes.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE, People Magazine, Nov. 28, 1988

I class myself with Rin Tin Tin. People in the Depression wanted something to cheer them up, and they fell in love with a dog and a little girl.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE, Parade Magazine, Jan. 1, 1986

On the good ship
Lollipop
Its a sweet trip
To the candy shop
Where bon-bon's play,
On the sunny beach
Of peppermint bay
Lemonade stands,
Everywhere
Crackerjack bands,
Fill the air,
And there you are,
Happy landings on a chocolate bar.
See the sugar bowl
Do a tootsie roll
In a big bad devils food cake,
If you eat too much,
Oh, oh,
You'll awake,
With a tummy ache.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE, Bright Eyes

My mother made it seem perfectly normal for thousands of people to be cheering me, as if there was nothing special going on. I thought all children must live as I did.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE, Parade Magazine, Jan. 1, 1986

By the time I was 4, I knew how to hit my mark.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE, People Magazine, Nov. 28, 1988

Shirley Temple quote

When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I’ve been getting younger ever since.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE

I wanted to be in the FBI. I also wanted to be a pie salesman. It was so intense that the studio got the prop department to make a little pie wagon and they filled it with tarts. I wheeled it around the set and sold them to the crew. I was about eight years old. I always sold out and I didn't have to pay for them. It was a great deal.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE, Official Shirley Temple Website

You've got to S-M-I-L-E
To be H-A-Double-P-Y.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE

I'm quite optimistic. I'm also a realist. And I hope, you know, things work out. I don't think that the world will ever know peace. Complete peace in all countries. I think perhaps that's not in our makeup to do this although we can pray for it and work for it. But I think that the building blocks of peace are moving into shape, and I think that the world is going to be a better place.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE, The Parkinson Show, Jun. 1972

Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE

I liked work shoes and big, working-class hands. The stars would come and go, but the crew on my movies was my extended family.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE, People Magazine, Nov. 28, 1988

Animal crackers in my soup
Monkeys and rabbits loop the loop
Gosh oh gee but I have fun
Swallowing animals one by one
In every bowl of soup I see
Lions and Tigers watching me
I make 'em jump right through a hoop
Those animal crackers in my soup
When I get hold of the big bad wolf
I just push him under to drown
Then I bite him in a million bits
And I gobble him right down
When their inside me where it's dark
I walk around like Noah's ark
I stuff my tummy like a goop
With animal crackers in my soup.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE, Curly Top

Some people liked Rudolph Valentino. I liked Rin Tin Tin.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE, The Parkinson Show, Jun. 1972

One famous movie executive who shall remain nameless, exposed himself to me in his office. "Mr X", I said, "I thought you were a producer, not an exhibitor."

SHIRLEY TEMPLE

I had a very close family and I couldn't get away with anything.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE, Parade Magazine, Jan. 1, 1986

Good luck needs no explanation.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE

I've been so blessed. If someone asked me whom I would choose to be if I could come back in another life, I would have to say Shirley Temple Black. I cannot think of a more interesting life to ask for.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE, People Magazine, Nov. 28, 1988


SHARE QUOTES WITH FRIENDS!


Life Quotes

Love Quotes

Death Quotes

God Quotes

Wisdom Quotes

Hope Quotes

Success Quotes

Women Quotes

Happiness Quotes

Shakespeare Quotes