Shirley Temple

We would have to invent the U.N. if we did not have it, which is not an original thought.

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

I did an imitation of him to make the crew laugh. To my shock, there was Cary Grant behind me. He got very angry. I was sent all the way from RKO to David Selznick's office and was told not to do it anymore. I thought to myself, 'I must have been pretty good to make him that angry.'

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.'

I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we wanted a 20th country to join. They asked for a volunteer to go to Prague to get Czechoslovakia to do it, and my hand always goes up first.

Long ago, I became more interested in the real world than in make-believe.

There's nothing like real love. Nothing.

I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!

I had had enough pretend. I wanted to be in the real world.

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.

I loved what I did. I remember cruel mothers who would pinch their children to make them cry in a scene, but my mother encircled me with affection.

I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service.

By the time I got to the Fox studio for my first major film, I knew how to hit a mark. I knew how to memorize lines. I knew how to pay attention.

I've always been bossy.

I hate that song 'Mr. Bojangles.' It drives me up the wall, since it's not about him at all. He was never a bum in jail.

When I asked my mother why crowds shouted my name and said 'We love you,' she would dust it off by saying, 'Your work makes them happy.' She never let it go to my head.

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

Good luck needs no explanation.

Nothing crushes freedom as substantially as a tank.

I ran for Congress, just once.

Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion, and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways in science, in politics, in every bold intention.

When you're a performer, you have to please a large audience. And when you're in politics, you have to please a large audience, too.

Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.

There are many of us who should be in a position to bring peace to the world.

Time is money. Wasted time means wasted money means trouble.