In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening. – Gene Tierney
Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau. – Gene Tierney
I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication? – Gene Tierney
I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war. – Gene Tierney
The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards morning: first of all come great dreams, then a feeling of laziness, and finally a witty or clever excuse for remaining in bed. – Søren Kierkegaard