Pearl Bailey
Pearl Bailey
Pearl Mae Baileywas an American actress and singer. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special, Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth29 March 1918
CitySouthampton County, VA
CountryUnited States of America
I hate labels, and I wear no labels. When a man has to put something around his neck and say I am, he isn't.
How can you give a man a room in a house and not let him come through the front door?
There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.
The way we're going to get to understanding is for each man to open his heart and open his mind and look in himself as he looks at his neighbor.
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.
We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us -- not our effects on others.
What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.
Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment.
Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love. What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.
Do not worry about whether or not the sun will rise. Be prepared to enjoy it.
I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.
I never ask myself how I do what I do. After all, how does it rain?
Sometimes I would almost rather have people take years of my life than take away a moment.