"They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous"
- Lillie Langtry
About this Quote
In this quote, Lillie Langtry discusses being discovered by those who are negligent hunters of beauty. She recommends that these individuals were searching for something lovely, and when they saw her, they found it. The immediate fame she experienced shows that she possessed a certain appeal or charm that had an effect on those who saw her. Moreover, the phrase "negligent seekers" suggests that those who discovered her were enthusiastic about discovering beauty and were perhaps going to take risks to find it. In general, Langtry's words recommend that beauty can be an effective force which those who have it can become popular overnight.
"So many people are working in vaudeville today that I looked for three weeks to book enough acts for an hour bill and didn't have them until the night before we opened in Buffalo and money was no object!"
"He appeared every night, like myself, at about nine o'clock, in the office of Mr. Tyler, to learn the news brought in the night Associated Press report. He knew me from the Bull Run campaign as a correspondent of the press"
"I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots"
"On the night of the 1st of September we observed for the first time signs of the natives being in the neighbourhood. Fires were seen on the low land near Cape Frederick Henry, and at daylight we saw the natives with our glasses"