I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody.

I never had a driving ambition to be a star.

I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the compassionate mother or whatever.

For a long time, I resisted seeing The Sound of Music, but when I finally did, I cried.

I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and suffered. That is not love. Acceptance is.

All of us from The Waltons still love each other. I think were closer than some real families.

As an actor, one of my greatest fears is losing my memory.

I dont mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, its pretty straightforward. If you say, I love you, you mean I love you. There isnt time for anything more.

I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.

Dozens of days, experiences, and encounters have set me on a path I never dreamed possible.

People act what they truly believe.

A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. Having been alive it won't be so hard in the end to lie down and rest.

The action most worth watching is not at the center of things, but where edges meet.

I like the simple things. I don't know why. I'm that way. I came from a simple place.

A letter depends on how you read it, a melody on how you sing it.

Too many would-be executives are slaves of routine.

For me, the difference between an ‘ordinary’ and an ‘extraordinary’ person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to make the world a better place for us all.

I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.

And still, the best of us build, and reach monetary gains. Some of us kill, but still, most of us can change.