Best 8 quotes of Beatrice Lillie on MyQuotes

Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense - adapting one-self to circumstances - and a sense of humor.

I'll simply say here that I was born Beatrice Gladys Lillie at an extremely tender age because my mother needed a fourth at meals.

In my experience, anyone can paint if he doesn't have to.

In the theater, I've found that, in general, reaction and laughter come easier at an evening performance, when the audience is more inclined to forget its troubles. Matinee customers must enter the theatre in a more matter-of-fact frame of mind, hanging on tightly before they let themselves go.

I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking chair.

I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals.

Never darken my Dior again!

[To waiter who had spilled soup on her:] Never darken my Dior again!