Hermione Gingold

People who think about the past have no future.

— Hermione Gingold

She never sets foot out of her apartment or her past.

— Hermione Gingold

What Americans call cross-ventilation, the English call draughts.

— Hermione Gingold

A great city is a great solitude.

— Hermione Gingold

There are far too many men in politics and not enough elsewhere.

— Hermione Gingold

My worst fault is my belief that if you put bills unopened behind a picture frame, there is no need to pay…

— Hermione Gingold

Love is a worn-out word. People love their cat, they love their house. I've never been in love with anyone but myself.

— Hermione Gingold

Contrary to popular belief, English women do not wear tweed nightgowns.

— Hermione Gingold

A diet is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what you watch.

— Hermione Gingold

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.

— Hermione Gingold

My father dealt in stocks and shares and my mother also had a lot of time on her hands.

— Hermione Gingold

Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered - and I still do - which is more important.

— Hermione Gingold

[When asked if her husband was still living:] It's a matter of opinion.

— Hermione Gingold

To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked,…

— Hermione Gingold

One of the nicest things about living in America is the fact that sooner or later you are practically bound to get…

— Hermione Gingold

I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract.

— Hermione Gingold

“I suppose I shall drop dead in the theater, to a full house, I hope.”

— Hermione Gingold

“It would appear that I have tried everything except incest and folkdancing.”

— Hermione Gingold