Doris Day Quotes & Sayings

“I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile, and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.”

“I've never met an animal I didn't like, and I can't say the same thing about people.”

“Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.”

“Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.”

“The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.”

“I had a wonderful family including my aunts, uncles and cousins but they've all gone to heaven.”

“It was the only ambition I ever had - not to be a dancer or Hollywood movie star, but to be a housewife in a good marriage.”

“If I'd find a dog, I'd try to find the owner, of course, but it was mine! I just can't live without them; I love them so much. I have cats, too. People call me all the time and say, 'We know of a couple of cats people don't care for,' and I say, 'Bring them!' That's it - two words. I'm always open for that.”

“If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.”

“Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.”