I rented a place that I could have dogs - not in my house. I rented a big place. And I was able to have the SPCA every end of the week bring many, many dogs to me. They all were in nice places, clean, everything was fine. I took good care of them. And so many people called.

Doris Day

Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.

Doris Day

I've never met an animal I didn't like, and I can't say the same thing about people.

Doris Day

If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.

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I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile, and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.

Doris Day

Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.

Doris Day

Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

Doris Day

It was the only ambition I ever had - not to be a dancer or Hollywood movie star, but to be a housewife in a good marriage.

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The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

Doris Day

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.

Doris Day

If I'd find a dog, I'd try to find the owner, of course, but it was mine! I just can't live without them; I love them so much. I have cats, too. People call me all the time and say, 'We know of a couple of cats people don't care for,' and I say, 'Bring them!' That's it - two words. I'm always open for that.

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The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band.

Doris Day

When I was a teeny little girl, I was in dancing school, and I sang. We had to put a dance to a song, so I went to the 10-cent store one day and looked at all the sheet music. It was all laid out, and I picked 'Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries.'

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I'm tired of being thought of as Miss Goody Two-Shoes... the girl next door, Miss Happy-Go-Lucky.

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If there is a Heaven, I'm sure Rock Hudson is there because he was such a kind person.

Doris Day

Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden.

Doris Day

I always feel a rise in my scalp or in the backs of my wrists when something is special, whether it be a song or a man.

Doris Day

I don't even like parties.

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I had a wonderful family including my aunts, uncles and cousins but they've all gone to heaven.

Doris Day

Sometimes I think I should have stayed longer and I should have done more films.

Doris Day

I rented a place that I could have dogs - not in my house. I rented a big place. And I was able to have the SPCA every end of the week bring many, many dogs to me. They all were in nice places, clean, everything was fine. I took good care of them. And so many people called.

Doris Day