Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Pearl Bailey Actor

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Mar 29, 1918
  • Died: Aug 17, 1990

Pearl Mae Bailey was an American actress and singer. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special, Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale.

Her rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952.

Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence. learning

I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go. morning

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside. knowledge

You never find yourself until you face the truth. truth

People see God every day, they just don't recognize him. God

You must change in order to survive. change

What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. love & work

St. Patrick's Day March 17, 2025

There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 quotes from John Millington Synge

3 quotes from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 quotes from Dave Barry

27 quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 more wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill

74 more wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill