I'll simply say here that I was born Beatrice Gladys Lillie at an extremely tender age because my mother needed a fourth at meals.

Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense - adapting one-self to circumstances - and a sense of humor.

The vows one makes privately are more binding than any ceremony or even a Shubert contract.

I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals.

In my experience, anyone can paint if he doesn't have to.

[To waiter who had spilled soup on her:] Never darken my Dior again!

I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking chair.

Never darken my Dior again!

Very often, we let little things spoil some of our most important treasures—our Moment, our Day, our Life.-RVM

Away with all these gods and godlings

Oh, Wikipedia, with your tension between those who would share knowledge and those who would destroy it.

The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

The script [for the movie based on the life of singer Connie Francis -- "Who's Sorry Now?"] is finished and is in the hands of several artists to see if somebody wants to film at the start of [2006].

I quit piano and violin because it felt too rigid. It was just my thing, something I fell in love with from a very early age.

I am going down first. Of course you're going down first, you're the guy.

I know the city and the club, and I can tell you that when you play for Manchester United at Old Trafford, you no longer need to see the sunshine every day.

Our volitional habits depend, then, first, on what the stock of ideas is which we have; and, second, on the habitual coupling of the several ideas with action or inaction respectively.