Carole Lombard Quotes

"I've lived by a man's code designed to fit a man's world, yet at the same time I never forget that a woman's first job is to choose the right shade of lipstick."

"Marvelous girl. Crazy as a bedbug." - Howard Hawks

[On why she wouldn't work with Orson Welles] "I can't win working with Welles. If the picture's a huge hit he'll get the credit, and if it's a flop, I'll be blamed."

"Bill Powell is the only intelligent actor I've ever met."

Of the concept of God: "I don't seem to get solemn about it, and some people might not understand. That's why I never talk about it. I think it's all here -- in the mountains and the desert. I don't think God is a softie, either. In the end, it's better if people are forced back into -- well -- into being right, before they're too far gone. I think your temple is your everyday living."

"I think marriage is dangerous. The idea of two people trying to possess each other is wrong. I don't think the flare of love lasts. Your mind rather than your emotions must answer for the success of matrimony. It must be friendship -- a calm companionship which can last through the years."