I don't think in business it matters whether you're a man or a woman if you can do your job and have a brain.

It's better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you're not. It's a sign of your worth sometimes, if you're hated by the right people.

You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . Joan Crawford is dead. Good.

There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.

Getting old is not for sissies.

Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother's old farmhouse -- all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and nothing whatsoever in the attic.

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.

If everyone likes you, you're not doing it right.

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.

God never cease to exist because His invisibility is doubted.

When the outcome drives the process we will only ever go where we've already been. If process drives the outcome we may not know where we're going, but we will know we want to be there.

The biggest stories in 2005 were the national disasters

Feeling tired should almost never be an excuse, because your body has huge reserves of energy. But if you eat badly, stay out late, drink too much, and so on, you'll pay a price on the course.

One should never forget that by actually perfecting one piece one gains and learns more than by starting or half-finishing a dozen.

Marriage. The roots are deep. The covenant is solid. The love is sweet. Life is hard. And God is good.

It's really rare to get a teenage role that resembles something of what it's like to be a young person, that isn't a cliché or a stereotype.

But how can you walk away from something and still come back to it?

I'm not one to blame anyone else for anything. And I don't think anyone else should either.

Mental toughness is a state of mind - you could call it 'character in action.'