Tallulah Bankhead

Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.

It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a read more

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right."

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work read more

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night watchman.