Famous quotes containing the words dame edith evans, edith evans, dame edith, dame, edith and/or evans:
“I cant imagine going on when there are no more expectations.”
—Dame Edith Evans (18881976)
“I know that if Id had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldnt have got anywhere. You dont take exams for acting, you take your courage.”
—Dame Edith Evans (18881976)
“But I saw the little-Ant men as they ran
Carrying the worlds weight of the worlds filth
And the filth in the heart of Man
Compressed till those lusts and greeds had a greater heat
than that of the Sun.”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (18871964)
“my youth i shall never forget
but there s nothing i really regret
wotthehell wotthehell
there s a dance in the old dame yet
toujours gai toujours gai”
—Don Marquis (18781937)
“The ghost of the heart of manred Cain
And the more murderous brain
Of Man, still redder Nero that conceived the death
Of his mother Earth, and tore
Her womb, to know the place where he was conceived.”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (18871964)
“... you have to have been desperately unhappy before you can play comedy, so that nothing can frighten you any more. And you cant do tragedy before you know absolute happiness, because having known that, you are safe.”
—Dame Edith Evans (18881976)