Quotes by Mercedes McCambridge

Mercedes McCambridge

A rich man can afford to be generous to many.

Men

Rich

Rich Man

Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time.

Alcohol

Drug

Waiting

Aside from my son, no person has ever shown for me the gentle concern I knew from Governor Adlai Stevenson.

Concern

Gentle

Son

At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what I did.

Awards

Exorcist

Oscars

Everything edible is fried in Texas! Or it is buried in the ground to cook before it is eaten. … Texas food should be forbidden! ‘The steaks at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas!’ And they are always afloat in grease. Next morning you are served a smaller steak, which serves as a platform for two fried eggs … all of this afloat in the same grease! ‘Chicken, you say? You bet! Comin’ up!’ Same grease! They are right. Comin’ up! For hours afterwards. I couldn’t believe the crust of an apple pie! Same grease!

Believe

Heart

Morning

I am responsible for no one but myself.

Responsible

I am rich from the bequests other gifted people have seen fit to leave to me.

Fit

People

Rich

I believe in joy, but I believe in the flip-side, agony.

Agony

Believe

Joy

I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition.

Disease

Human Condition

Insanity

I can only know what love is insofar as I can feel it.

Feels

Knows

Love Is

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Quotes by Mercedes McCambridge

Mercedes McCambridge

A rich man can afford to be generous to many.

Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time.

Aside from my son, no person has ever shown for me the gentle concern I knew from Governor Adlai Stevenson.

At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what I did.

I am responsible for no one but myself.

I am rich from the bequests other gifted people have seen fit to leave to me.

I believe in joy, but I believe in the flip-side, agony.

I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition.

I can only know what love is insofar as I can feel it.

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