Lillian Russell Quotes

United States, Actress
December 4, 1860 – June, 6, 1922.

Lillian Russell (December 4, 1860/1861 – June 6, 1922), born Helen Louise Leonard, was an American actress and singer. She became one of the most famous actresses and singers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her beauty and style, as well as for her voice and stage presence.

Also known as Singer

So many pleasing episodes of one's life are spoiled by shouting. You never heard of an unhappy marriage unless the neighbors have heard it first.

Lillian Russell
- Life
- Marriage
- Neighbors
The society girl meets more dangers than the girl on the stage. There is more danger at a tango tea than in the theatre. The actor is less dangerous than the dancing master.

Lillian Russell
- Society
- Girl
- Theatre

Let the clean air blow the cobwebs from your body. Air is medicine.

Lillian Russell
- Air
- Body
- Blow
Time to open up a new chapter in life, and to explore a larger centre.

Lillian Russell
- Life
- Up
- Time
I could never be lonely without a husband, but without my trinkets, my golden gods, I could find abysmal gloom.

Lillian Russell
- Husband
- Lonely
- Gloom
You ought to try eating raw oysters in a restaurant with every eye focused upon you - it makes you feel as if the creatures were whales, your fork a derrick and your mouth Mammouth Cave.

Lillian Russell
- Eye
- Restaurant
- Oysters
Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources.

Lillian Russell
- Responsibility
- Present
If a girl is pretty she will be tempted.

Lillian Russell
- She
- Pretty
- Girl

We all have a fear of the unknown what one does with that fear will make all the difference in the world.

Lillian Russell
- World
- Fear
- Unknown