Judy Garland

Notable Quotes



I've always taken 'The Wizard of Oz' very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I've spent my entire life trying to get over it.

From 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.

From Judy Garland

I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them.

From Judy Garland

If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely?

From 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.

From Judy Garland

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

From Judy Garland

How strange when an illusion dies. It's as though you've lost a child.

From 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.

From Judy Garland

It's lonely and cold on the top... lonely and cold.

From Judy Garland

We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.

From Judy Garland

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