I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done

I do not regret one moment of my life.

Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit.

I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco.

It is [every woman’s] right to ignore the dictates of fashion and dress in a manner that is becoming to her own character and personality.

On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them.

I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress

The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.

Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead.

Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.

Each little chapter has its place.

The task is not to search for meaning, but to bring meaning to every situation you are in.

If it's a woman it's caustic, if it's a man it's authority, If it's a woman it's too pushy, if it's a man it's aggressive in the best sense of the word.

Breaking America's oil addiction would not lead to a future of sackcloth and ashes.

A sentence can offer a moment of quiet, it can crackle with energy or it can just lie there, listless and uninteresting. What makes the difference? The verb.

An honest money system is the only alternative.

Poverty does not produce unhappiness: It produces degradation.

Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand, are full of them.

Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it.

It's like many other things in life, Ellie. You keep on the path and all's well. You get off it and the next thing you know you're lost if you're not lucky.