I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover the past.

- Gene Tierney

I simply did not want my face to be my talent.

- Gene Tierney

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

- Gene Tierney

Where there is hope, there is no despair.

- Gene Tierney

A flame burns brightest just before it goes out.

- Gene Tierney

I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera.

- Gene Tierney

Nothing strengthens a woman's determination to be in love quite so much as being told that she cannot.

- Gene Tierney

The things we ignore often come back to us in our sleep.

- Gene Tierney

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.

- Gene Tierney