Top 19 Cloris Leachman Quotes

I didn’t say there’s nothing out there, but there certainly isn’t any God.

I was Miss Chicago in 1946.

When something is truly funny, it’s funny all the time.

I don’t stress at all. When other people say, ‘I’m having a bad day,’ I ask, ‘How can you have a bad day for the entire 24 hours, or even 12 or eight hours?’ Something bad might happen, but that can’t make the entire day bad.

Why can’t we build orphanages next to homes for the elderly? If someone were sitting in a rocker, it wouldn’t be long before a kid will be in his lap.

My son became my manager, and he said to me, ‘Mom, if you could do anything you wanted to do, what would it be?’ And out of my mouth immediately came, ‘Dancing With the Stars.’

I don’t look for roles, for they come to me. Mind you, it’s not like I’m sitting in the middle of the floor with thousands of scripts around me. When work comes up, it’s good. I love it. Work doesn’t feel like work.

I stopped eating meat when I was 35. Thank God.

I am from Des Moines, Iowa – not even the city but out in the country. I don’t have a lot of trappings, I think, in my personality. I’m just a simple person with a silly bone.

When I decided to become vegetarian, I had to learn how to ‘recook,’ if you will. For example, I used to put red wine in a big pot with the meat that I’d cooked in fat, and it was, of course, delicious. When I gave up meat, I wondered what I would make. That turned out to be vegetables, really organic and fresh.

I always wanted to be healthy and look good. I taught myself in my mid thirties about eating right.

If it’s funny, I’ll do anything.

I took piano lessons and dancing lessons. I was very good at piano.

Don’t eat sugar. It’s stupid.

I make fun wherever I go… If I go to a restaurant by myself, rest assured, people will be talking about it. I always have a great deal of fun being with people. It’s part of the journey.

I’ve taken care of myself all my life.

My family is who I spend my off-time with.

If you brush your teeth, you don’t want to eat something right after because your mouth feels so fresh. So brushing your teeth actually prevents you from eating until later.

Extraordinary miracles, billions and trillions of them, happen all the time, but not because there’s a God.