Shirley MacLaine

Being old is such a treat!

— Shirley MacLaine

Crystals amplify the consciousness.

— Shirley MacLaine

Listen to sounds beyond silence.

— Shirley MacLaine

I make my mistakes in public.

— Shirley MacLaine

Why do people have to love people anyway?

— Shirley MacLaine

I can be a lazy slob.

— Shirley MacLaine

People think I'm nuts.

— Shirley MacLaine

We need proof in our society.

— Shirley MacLaine

The loss of magic is the denial of unlimited possibility.

— Shirley MacLaine

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

— Shirley MacLaine

Usually I'm right, by the way - so never mind all the other.

— Shirley MacLaine

Nothing should be permanent except struggle with the dark side within ourselves.

— Shirley MacLaine

On the stage you try to act real. On the screen you try to be real.

— Shirley MacLaine

My mother was Canadian, so you never knew what she was thinking.

— Shirley MacLaine

I don't like leaving my dog when I go to England and she is with me all the time.

— Shirley MacLaine

The uninvestigated life is not worth living. I don't want to live that way.

— Shirley MacLaine

I love the idea that I'm the oldest one in the room because I can get away with anything!

— Shirley MacLaine

The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.

— Shirley MacLaine

When you look back... on your love affairs... what you really find out is that the only person you really go to…

— Shirley MacLaine

I'm a city girl and I never really lived in the country, so I'm learning about that.

— Shirley MacLaine

We humans should never forget our capacity to connect with the collective spirit of animals. Their energy is essential to our future…

— Shirley MacLaine

I've been through so much of my own self-search that I'm not as consumed with who I am as I used to…

— Shirley MacLaine

Sometimes people who have their lives played out in public don't feel they have the privacy to continually journey within. I did,…

— Shirley MacLaine

All you really need in life is some fresh water, a good hat, and a really good pair of shoes.

— Shirley MacLaine

There's no journey worth taking except the journey through one's self. That's the most important journey you take. I found that out…

— Shirley MacLaine

Ballet is the repetitive training of the body for the purpose of executing steps in traditional fashion. It is tied to and…

— Shirley MacLaine

I'd like to introduce someone who has just come into my life. I've admired him for 35 years. He's someone who represents…

— Shirley MacLaine

Fear is concealed in smiles and flashing teeth. 'Please say you still love me,' the kings and queens are really saying. And,…

— Shirley MacLaine

Sometimes I feel an impingement of something I went through in another lifetime. But I like to concentrate on the absolute present.…

— Shirley MacLaine

You think you have a handle on God, the Universe, and the Great White Light until you go home for Thanksgiving. In…

— Shirley MacLaine

Films and life are like clay, waiting for us to mold it. And when you trust your own insides and that becomes…

— Shirley MacLaine

For if the talent or individuality is there, it should be expressed. If it doesn't find its way out into the air,…

— Shirley MacLaine

When a child comes in, I believe that it's a 'multipersonhood,' and it knows it, its consciousness knows it, and it has…

— Shirley MacLaine

I'm very aware, but I'm very naïve. When you are really naïve and expecting safety and expecting the best, you don't feel…

— Shirley MacLaine

We feel the urge to tell the truth as we see it. But we should try to accomplish this without judgemental condemnations…

— Shirley MacLaine

I do miss the stage. There's nothing like it, nothing. When I did my one-woman show and played the Palace and played…

— Shirley MacLaine

I've gotten crankier in my old age.

— Shirley MacLaine

I live in too many cities.

— Shirley MacLaine

I don't feel competitive.

— Shirley MacLaine

Sex is hardly ever just about sex.

— Shirley MacLaine