Jean Kerr
Jean Kerr
Jean Kerrwas an Irish-American author and playwright born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and best known for her humorous bestseller, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, and the plays King of Hearts and Mary, Mary...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth10 July 1923
CountryUnited States of America
people acting actors
Movie actors are just ordinary, mixed-up people - with agents.
women learning hypocrite
Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.
mistake women making-mistakes
I make mistakes; I'll be the second to admit it.
women memorable health
One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is that assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind.
grandmother thinking grandparent
When the grandmothers of today hear the word 'Chippendales,' they don't necessarily think of chairs.
loss leaving together
If you have formed the habit of checking on every new diet that comes along, you will find that, mercifully, they all blur together, leaving you with only one definite piece of information: french-fried potatoes are out.
learning thinking deals
I think success has no rules, but you can learn a great deal from failure.
morning stars lying
Dearer to me than the evening star A Packard car A Hershey bar Or a bride in her rich adorning Dearer than any of these by far Is to lie in bed in the morning
toys cracks tough
Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if some manufacturer would make a toy as tough, as staunch, as hard to crack open as the carton it comes in!
morning mean voice
I don't grasp things this early in the day. I mean, I hear voices, all right, but I can't pick out the verbs.
writing thinking play
I think if you can write a play, or produce a play, the first step toward success [is] if people don't want to kill themselves in the lobby. Now there must be four or five other steps, but that's the first.
funny hope
Hope is the feeling that the feeling you have isn't permanent.
hear necessary today word
When the grandmothers of today hear the word "Chippendales," they don't necessary think of chairs.
begin dealing menace sound time
The real menace in dealing with a five-year -old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old