So many people accept the negative. They are constantly blinded by that negative thing.
Eve Arden
Widow’ is a word I never thought would describe me, but I had to learn to deal with that.
Eve Arden
The thing to do is to build a fortress within yourself.
Eve Arden
I’ve always admired teachers for their patience and purpose in choosing their profession.
Eve Arden
Stole my first name from ‘Evening in Paris’ and the second from Elizabeth Arden.
Eve Arden
The better the teacher, the better the future of America.
Eve Arden
I don’t have a Pollyana attitude toward life that claims everything is lovely.
Eve Arden
I can’t seem to say, ‘You great big wonderful man, you,’ without hamming it up somehow.
Eve Arden
I’m finding writing very fascinating.
Eve Arden
I knew my own mother had been in the theater for a while and had taught children, because she used to teach me the pieces that she taught them, but she did much more than that.
Eve Arden
None of the characters I played was very close to me as a real person.
Eve Arden
I’ve never cared for the character I generally played in films.
Eve Arden
My friends will tell you that I’m a very mild person.
Eve Arden
Everyone from Pullman porters to hostesses at swank New York parties will tell me they always watch ‘Miss Brooks’ on Friday night.
Eve Arden
Our kids seldom even get to see a movie. When we go to a movie, it’s an event – and we make it an event.
Eve Arden
As for Hollywood children, their social life can get a little overboard, just like their parents can. Living in town, you attend so many functions.
Eve Arden
In a sense, children who live on a farm become sophisticated, too – but about more important things.
Eve Arden
I couldn’t stand seeing myself on the screen.
Eve Arden
In the theater, I could envision myself as wonderful because of the audience response to my lines.
Eve Arden
I love making people laugh.
Eve Arden
If I’m in a serious play, I often think to myself, ‘I could make that line funny.’
Eve Arden
I may not like the material, but I’m still a trouper.
Eve Arden
You couldn’t keep me out of the school plays, the song and dance skits.
Eve Arden
I’ve worked with a lot of great, glamorous girls in movies and the theater. They would always give their last ounce to get where they wanted to be.
Eve Arden