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Mary Martin
13 quotes
“Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.”
Mary Martin (1913–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Right Time, Right Place, Right Move, Right Now! (1992) by Perry W. Buffington, Section I : Life
“Even as a baby I quickly learned to crawl out of my crib. … They'd put up barriers but I learned how to go over them.”
Mary Martin (1913–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 6
“Peter Pan is perhaps the most important thing, to me, that I have ever done in theater.”
Mary Martin (1913–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 180
“I can't tell you the joy I felt in flying in that show … I loved it so. The freedom of spirit that was Peter Pan was suddenly there for me. I discovered I was happier in the air than on the ground.”
Mary Martin (1913–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 183
“Neverland is the way I would like real life to be … timeless, free, mischievous, filled with gaiety, tenderness, and magic.”
Mary Martin (1913–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 183
“You are my Peter Pan.”
Mary Martin (1913–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Sandy Duncan, who had told her "You're the only Peter Pan I'll ever know" in a meeting after a Duncan's performance in the role, as quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 183
“Mother was the disciplinarian, but it was Daddy who could turn me into an angel with just one look.”
Mary Martin (1913–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes I think that I cheated my own family and my closest friends by giving to audiences so much of the love I might have kept for them. But that’s the way I was made; I truly don't think I could help it”
Mary Martin (1913–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never, never, never can I say I had a frustrating childhood. It was all joy. Mother used to say she never had seen such a happy child — that I awakened each morning with a smile. I don’t remember that, but I do remember that I never wanted to go to bed, to go to sleep, for fear I’d miss something.”
Mary Martin (1913–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was all role playing. I felt Larry was my little brother, Ben my big brother. Role playing was something I had known since I was born, but it wasn't a good basis for a marriage.”
Mary Martin (1913–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was seventeen years old, a married woman without real responsibilities, miserable about my mixed-up emotions, afraid there was something awfully wrong with me because I didn’t enjoy being a wife. Worst of all, I didn't have enough to do.”
Mary Martin (1913–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anything was better than playing cards, and I was doing something I wanted to do — creating.”
Mary Martin (1913–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Things can get very lovey and feasty with a bunch of stimulated hams.”
Mary Martin (1913–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source