A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets.

I do not need a man. I am devoted to masturbation. I think it's probably one of the most pleasurable experiences in life.

The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films.

When I was little I thought, isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it's July 4th.

I'm amazed. When I was 40, I thought I'd never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything.

I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it's not for real!

When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn't realize it would take so long.

When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn't want movie actresses.

It was a struggle treating Claude Rains as my lover, but we were friendly. It was no great love affair.

I wanted to be on the stage, doing very important emotional roles.

I quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years.

Practice loving kindness wherever you may go.

A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.

Last time I checked, there were no Americans at all in Renaissance art.

I meet people at book signings. My record now, for signing, is ten and a half hours in one sitting.

We have to come back to something like ordinary language after all when we want to talk "about" mathematics!

The question is not whether to close the parks, but how to accomplish this goal.

Without doubt, ferocious and disordered men are much weaker than timid and ordered ones. For order chases fear from men and disorder lessens ferocity.

There are probably already too many people on the planet.

The past seems to infuse into the present, and in the brown, wringled faces of the old people one sees the presence of the past.

Sachin Tendulkar is in my time the best player without doubt - daylight second, Brian Lara third.