Quotes from Shirley MacLaine movies and TV shows

C.C. Baxter: The mirror... It's broken.
Fran Kubelik: Yes, I know. I like it that way. Makes me look the way I feel.

Fran Kubelik: When you're in love with a married man, you shouldn't wear mascara.

Fran Kubelik: He's a taker.
C.C. Baxter: A what?
Fran Kubelik: Some people take, some people get took. And they know they're getting took and there's nothing they can do about it.

Fran Kubelik: Why do people have to love people anyway?

Fran Kubelik: I was jinxed from the word go. The first time I was ever kissed was in a cemetery.

Fran Kubelik: I'd like to spell it out for you... Only I can't spell!

Princess Aouda: Mr. Fogg, why must you be so... so British?

Irma La Douce: A painter once lived here. Poor guy, he was starving. Tried everything, even cut his ear off.
Nestor Patou: Van Gogh?
Irma La Douce: No, I think his name was Schwartz.

Irma La Douce: You oughta be ashamed of yourself, scaring a poor little dog like that.
Nestor Patou: They oughta take that dog away from you, you're not a fit mother.

Irma La Douce: This is not just a job, it's a profession.

Irma La Douce: Who wants to be a stray dog? You got to belong to someone, even if he kicks you once in a while.

Grace Winterbourne: How did I ever raise such a snob?
Bill Winterbourne: It's a mystery Mother... let's ask the servants.

Connie: Oh, Mother Winterbourne. Come in.
Grace Winterbourne: Mother Winterbourne! That's what I called my mother-in-law because she seemed so cold and distant.
Connie: Oh. What did you end up calling her?
Grace Winterbourne: Mother Winterbourne. She was cold and distant.

Doris Mann: Never let 'em see you ache. That's what Mr. Mayer used to say. Or was it "ass"? Never let 'em see your ass.

Aurora Greenway: Not that it's any of your business... Oh, let's just leave it at that.

Aurora Greenway: I'm inviting you to come over and look at my Renoir.
Garrett Breedlove: You're inviting me to bed.
Aurora Greenway: It happens to be in my bedroom.
Garrett Breedlove: Is the Renoir under the covers?
Aurora Greenway: Don't cackle, Garrett. Do you want to see it?

Garrett Breedlove: I like the lights on.
Aurora Greenway: Then go home and turn them on.

Aurora Greenway: It's past ten. My daughter is in pain. I don't understand why she has to have this pain. All she has to do is hold out until ten, and IT'S past ten! My daughter is in pain, can't you understand that! give MY daughter THE shot.

Dr. Maise: We do more and more on an outpatient basis. We shouldn't need to take her back, unless the illness escalates.
Aurora Greenway: But you're not telling me anything.
Dr. Maise: What are you confused about?
Aurora Greenway: How is she?
Dr. Maise: I tell people to hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
Aurora Greenway: And they let you get away with that?

Aurora Greenway: If I don't answer the bell, that means the back door's open.
Garrett Breedlove: The back door's open?