Egocentrics are attracted to the inept. It gives them one more excuse for patting themselves on the back. Helen Hayes More Quotes by Helen Hayes More Quotes From Helen Hayes Always aim for achievement, and forget about success. Helen Hayes life-and-love congratulations success Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture. Helen Hayes famous-inspirational women memorable There is no racial or religious prejudice among people in the theater. The only prejudice is against bad actors, especially successful ones. Helen Hayes successful religious art Perhaps we have been misguided into taking too much responsibility from our children, leaving them too little room for discovery Helen Hayes responsibility discovery children Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end. Helen Hayes fate color hair All my dogs have been scamps and thieves and troublemakers and I've adored them all. Helen Hayes thieves training dog The faster we travel, the less there is to see. Helen Hayes speed faster Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness. Helen Hayes theatre actors self People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me. Helen Hayes age retirement people One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it. Helen Hayes women growing-up order Childhood is a short season. Helen Hayes seasons childhood children We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart... and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together.... I think that at least part of the answer lies in solitude. Helen Hayes solitude lying thinking Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does. Helen Hayes legends dies doe Our house was always filled with dogs... They helped make our house a kennel, it is true, but the constant patter of their filthy paws and the dreadful results of their brainless activities have warmed me throughout the years. Helen Hayes family dog years We may be living in the twentieth century, in resplendent sophistication. But deep down, most of us find ourselves still in the Stone Age of superstition. Helen Hayes age stones may Stardom can be a gilded slavery. Helen Hayes gilded stardom slavery When it comes to staying tuned: if you rest, you rust. Helen Hayes rust staying ifs An actress always knows when she's hit it and mostly you haven't; but once or twice I think I hit it right, so maybe that's good enough for one life. Helen Hayes actresses enough thinking There is only one terminal dignity - love. Helen Hayes dignity glimpse love I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures and I have this beautiful dream that I'm elegant on the stage. Helen Hayes dream beautiful thinking