I wouldn't have a nose job. I like my nose fine.

There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.

Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.

I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all, whatever I do.

It gets tiring being a smartass.

I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.

This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.

I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.

if somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! you're wasting my time.

Everybody's got a sack of rocks.

I love holidays in New York. I love 'em. I want to celebrate something all the time and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City.

What is more important in a library than anything else-than everything else-is the fact that it exists.

I can no longer face life, so I've decided to go through the rest of it backwards.

It is possible to be happy without having perfect health . . . Thank goodness my happiness doesn't come from my joints, but from my heart.

Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.

Like the bee gathering honey from the different flowers, the wise person accepts the essence of the different scriptures and sees only the good in all religions.

We are not here to get to tomorrow. We are here for today, to bloom today. We were made to Thrive!

Stem cells have the potential to be used to treat and better understand some of the world's most deadly and disabling diseases.

I have always made impresarios a lot of money across my career and have never, so far as I am aware, given any of them heart attacks.

If you dare declare that you are free, free you are this moment. If you say you are bound, bound you will remain.

Duty does not have to be dull. Love can make it beautiful and fill it with life.