In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book

As for those grapefruit and buttermilk diets, I'll take roast chicken and dumplings.

A woman's gifts will make room for her.

I'd rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid.

I did my best, and God did the rest.

The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman

The only choice permitted us is either to be servants for $7 a week or to portray them for $700 per week.

Always remember this: There are only eighteen inches between a pat on the back and a kick in the rump.

Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time.

I've played everything but a harp.

You can best fight any existing evil from the inside.

Make up your mind! Whom you shall serve?

Lack of power and opportunity passes off too often for virtue.

The ultimate pleasure of architecture lies in the most forbidden parts of the architectural act, where limits are perverted and prohibitions are transgressed.

However, I don't doubt that a wave of immigration will come to Poland.

I always tell my kids that as soon as you have a secret, something about you that you are ashamed to have others find out, you have given other people the power to hurt you by exposing you.

To wish happiness for others, even for those who want to do us harm, is the source of consummate happiness.

The negative is just as important as the positive.

The decisions we make in Washington have a direct impact on the people in our country, obviously.

People who bring transformative change have courage, know how to re-frame the problem and have a sense of urgency.

Basically, right before college I got into the Guinness book for my feet and started to do local commercials and little radio spots, just little things and found I really liked it.