Judy Garland was an American actress, singer, vaudevillian and dancer. With a career spanning 45 years, she attained international stardom as an actress in both musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage. Profoundly inspirational Judy Garland quotes will encourage growth in life, make you wiser and broaden your perspective.
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Famous Judy Garland Quotes
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. Judy Garland
Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else. Judy Garland
If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely? Judy Garland
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. Judy Garland
When you get to know a lot of people, you make a great discovery. You find that no one group has a monopoly on looks, brains, goodness or anything else. It takes all the people black and white, Catholic, Jewish and Protestant, recent immigrants and Mayflower descendants to make up America. Judy Garland
In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people. Judy Garland
My father’s death was the most terrible thing that happened to me in my life. Judy Garland
How strange when an illusion dies. It’s as though you’ve lost a child. Judy Garland
I’m a woman who wants to reach out and take 40 million people in her arms. Judy Garland
Well, we have a whole new year ahead of us. And wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, a little more loving, and have a little more empathy, and maybe, next year at this time we’d like each other a little more. Judy Garland
It’s lonely and cold on the top lonely and cold. Judy Garland
Always be a first rate version of yourself, instead of a second rate version of somebody else. Judy Garland
If you have to be in a soap opera try not to get the worst role. Judy Garland
We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality. Judy Garland
I’ve seen the ticket, and I still can’t believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don’t hit the floor. Judy Garland
Lions and tigers, and bears, oh my! Judy Garland
You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people. Judy Garland
Twas not my lips you kissed, but my soul. Judy Garland
I don’t always have to sing a song. There is something besides The Man That Got Away or Over the Rainbow or The Trolley Song. There’s a woman. There are three children. There’s me! There’s a lot of life going here. Judy Garland
When a studio puts you under contract, its publicity department starts turning out news copy about you that you read with astonishment. You think, can this be me they’re talking about? They don’t really manufacture untruths, but they play up whatever makes interesting reading, and then a columnist adds his own little embellishments and another adds to that until there’s a whole body of so called ‘facts’ floating around almost like another you that simply isn’t real. It isn’t a lie, but it isn’t real, either. Judy Garland
Behind every cloud is another cloud. Judy Garland
Wouldn`t it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, and a little more loving, have a little more empathy, and maybe we’d like each other a little bit more. Judy Garland
From the time I was thirteen, there was a constant struggle between MGM and me whether or not to eat, how much to eat, what to eat. I remember this more vividly than anything else about my childhood. Judy Garland
The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart. Judy Garland
How strange when an illusion dies. It’s as though you’ve lost a child. Judy Garland
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. Judy Garland
Hollywood is a strange place if you’re in trouble. Everybody thinks it’s contagious. Judy Garland
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. Judy Garland
I try to bring the audience’s own drama tears and laughter they know about to them. Judy Garland
We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality. Judy Garland
I wasn’t close to my father, but I wanted to be all my life. He had a funny sense of humor, and he laughed all the time good and loud, like I do. He was a gay Irish gentleman and very good looking. And he wanted to be close to me, too, but we never had much time together. Judy Garland
Give the people what they want and then go have a hamburger. Judy Garland
In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people. Judy Garland
In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people. Judy Garland
There have been a lot of stories written about me, some of them fantastically distorted. Judy Garland
When you have lived the life I’ve lived, when you’ve loved and suffered, and been madly happy and desperately sad well, that’s when you realize you’ll never be able to set it all down. Maybe you’d rather die first. Judy Garland
I’m the original take orders girl. Judy Garland
I can live without money, but I cannot live without love. Judy Garland
We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality. Judy Garland
To let a fool kiss you is bad. To let a kiss fool you is worse. Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul. Judy Garland
I believe that the real expression of your religious beliefs is shown in the daily pattern of your life, in what you contribute to your surroundings and what you take away without infringing on the rights of other people. Judy Garland
Birds fly over the rainbow. Why then, oh, why can’t I? Judy Garland
I was always lonesome. The only time I felt accepted or wanted was when I was on stage performing. I guess the stage was my only friend the only place where I could feel comfortable. It was the only place where I felt equal and safe. Judy Garland
I’ve never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back. Judy Garland
A really great reception makes me feel like I have a great big warm heating pad all over me. People en masse have always been wonderful to me. I truly have a great love for an audience, and I used to want to prove it to them by giving them blood. Judy Garland
If I’m such a legend, then why am I so lonely? If I’m such a legend, then why do I sit at home for hours staring at the damned telephone, hoping it’s out of order, even calling the operator asking her if she’s sure it’s not out of order? Judy Garland
In our house, the word of Louis B. Mayer became the law. Judy Garland
If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely? Judy Garland
There have been times when I have deliberately tried to take my life. I think I must have been crying for some attention. Judy Garland
I’ve been in love with audiences all my life, and I’ve tried to please. I hope I did. Judy Garland
I think there’s something peculiar about me that I haven’t died. It doesn’t make sense but I refuse to die. Judy Garland
Soon the sun beams will smile through. Before you jump out of that bed, just know, the thought of you was the first thing that hit my head. Good morning my darling. Judy Garland
My mother had a marvelous talent for mishandling money mine. Judy Garland
He gave me a look at myself I’ve never had before. He saw something in me nobody else ever did. He made me see it too. He made me believe it. Judy Garland
I’m the original take orders girl. Judy Garland
As for my feelings toward Over the Rainbow, it’s become part of my life. It is so symbolic of all dreams and wishes that I’m sure that’s why people sometimes get tears in their eyes when they hear it. Judy Garland
People en masse have always been wonderful to me. I truly have a great love for an audience. I want to give them two hours of just pow. Judy Garland
How strange when an illusion dies. It’s as though you’ve lost a child. Judy Garland
It’s lonely and cold on the top lonely and cold. Judy Garland
My life, my career has been like a roller coaster. I’ve either been an enormous success or just a down and out failure. Judy Garland
I try to bring the audience’s own drama tears and laughter they know about to them. Judy Garland
If you have to be in a soap opera try not to get the worst role. Judy Garland
I’m always being painted a more tragic figure than I am, I get awfully bored with myself as a tragic figure. Judy Garland
You know something? I’m decent! There isn’t a great deal of decency in the world, especially in our business, and I’m one of the few really decent ladies around. Judy Garland
I’ve been in love with audiences all my life, and I’ve tried to please. I hope I did. Judy Garland
There have been times when I have deliberately tried to take my life. I think I must have been crying for some attention. Judy Garland
I can live without money, but I cannot live without love. Judy Garland
It’s lonely and cold on the top lonely and cold. Judy Garland
I think there’s something peculiar about me that I haven’t died. It doesn’t make sense but I refuse to die. Judy Garland
You shouldn’t be told you’re completely irresponsible and be left alone with too much medication. It’s too easy to forget. You take a couple of sleeping pills and you wake up in twenty minutes and forget you’ve taken them. So you take a couple more, and the next thing you know you’ve taken too many. Judy Garland
I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro Goldwyn Mayer lot. Judy Garland
People en masse have always been wonderful to me. I truly have a great love for an audience. I want to give them two hours of just pow. Judy Garland
I’ve never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back. Judy Garland
Hollywood is a strange place if you’re in trouble. Everybody thinks it’s contagious. Judy Garland
I truly have a great love for an audience, and I used to prove it to them by giving them blood. Judy Garland
If I’m such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you’ve got somebody around who loves you. Judy Garland
You know something? I’m decent! There isn’t a great deal of decency in the world, especially in our business, and I’m one of the few really decent ladies around. Judy Garland
You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people. Judy Garland
I’ve seen the ticket, and I still can’t believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don’t hit the floor. Judy Garland
Audiences have kept me alive. Judy Garland
If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely? Judy Garland
I think there’s something peculiar about me that I haven’t died. It doesn’t make sense but I refuse to die. Judy Garland
We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality. Judy Garland
I’ve seen the ticket, and I still can’t believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don’t hit the floor. Judy Garland
If you have to be in a soap opera try not to be cast in the worst role. Judy Garland
Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul. Judy Garland
How strange when an illusion dies. It’s as though you’ve lost a child. Judy Garland
I truly have a great love for an audience, and I used to want to prove it to them by giving them blood. Judy Garland
