Life is not about having and getting. It's about being and becoming.

Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.

They say the movies should be more like life; I think life should be more like the movies.

Some perfect wife I am. I've been married four times, divorced four times, have no children, and can't boil an egg.

Why does every black person in the movies have to play a servant? How about a black person walking up the steps of a courthouse carrying a briefcase?

If you're bored in New York, it's your own fault.

I think that carrying on a life that is meant to be private in public is a breach of taste, common sense, and mental hygiene.

I had these slinky eyes and a sense of humor.

I never enjoyed my work more than when I worked with William Powell. He was a brilliant actor, a delightful companion, a great friend and, above all, a true gentleman.

I was a homely kid with freckles that came out every spring and stuck on me till Christmas.

I got rid of all those reporters.

Enough with the sadness! This dream is not for cry-babies...” he said, his face beaming with a wide smile.

I figure if I have my health can pay the rent and I have my friends I call it "content."

I'm someone who doesn't have anything to lose.

I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy.

Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.

I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout.

This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience.

I'm incredibly grateful for Sophie Barthes, I'll always be incredibly grateful for her being generous enough to believe in what I thought. And it was just lucky that I met the right person.

Big Government is the small option: it's the guarantee of smaller freedom, smaller homes, smaller cars, smaller opportunities, smaller lives.

Jesse Jackson was spending time with his family, or families.