I wanted to be the first girl in my class to get married. From the seventh grade on, I used to write in my yearbook under each senior’s picture, ‘married’ or ‘engaged.’ I had marriage on the brain. Shirley Temple Read Quote
We would have to invent the U.N. if we did not have it, which is not an original thought. Shirley Temple Read Quote
Biographies of me have usually been compiled from old newspaper clips, untruthful publicity stories, and reminiscences of people who claim to have known me well. Shirley Temple Read Quote
I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service. Shirley Temple Read Quote
Most of the people in Ghana wouldn’t know me as an actress. They’d know me for my work at the U.N. Shirley Temple Read Quote
I class myself with Rin Tin Tin. People in the Depression wanted something to cheer them up, and they fell in love with a dog and a little girl. Shirley Temple Read Quote
I hate that song ‘Mr. Bojangles.’ It drives me up the wall, since it’s not about him at all. He was never a bum in jail. Shirley Temple Read Quote
