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

When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.

I love to talk about sports. I love sports it's just something that's in my nature.

It turned out that time doesn't heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly

When we are conscious of our personal uniqueness and our universal nature we express ourselves creatively. In this way we fulfill our dreams and our life purpose.

The 'Instagram Generation' now experiences the present as an anticipated memory

Im a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.

Life is a series of tests; but if you pass your tests, you look back upon them as good experiences.

All records are made to be broken.

It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.

The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy.