Look, I come from vaudeville, I come from burlesque, I come from heartaches, I come from sadness, I come from gladness, I come from work and sweat and respect for the craft.

I keep going because if you stop, you stop. Why retire? Inspire.

You always pass failure on the way to success.

Dont retire - inspire...Theres a lot to be done

Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted the whole day.

I hear Jerry Falwell every Sunday here talking about the devil and Hollywood. . . . I'm gonna write him a letter. Hollywood wasn't built on filth and dirt - it was built on talent.

I don't regret anything I've ever done. I only wish I could have done more.

Life is an infiltration course. We all try and get through it. We all try and get through it unscathed - maybe not hurt, not bruised. No bones broken, maybe a few hearts here and there.

And that's the way I have always lived, for the laughs – today. N-O-W. No Other Way.

Someone once asked me what I want on my epitaph when I pass away. Just the words 'I tried.' That's what this game of life is all about. Trying. There's the tryers, the criers, and the liars.

A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce, I think I'm about $100,000 short.

You can cower, ” she told them in a clear voice, wrapping her long shaking fingers around the cold iron bars. “But I will stand.

The second-sweetest set of three words in English is 'I don't know.'

We cannot change our rulers, but we can change the way they rule us.

When you sit on something trying to preserve it, you die and become sterile.

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracles await.

The people who say they're for democracy want nothing to do with democracy.

Being in Doctor Who has been so amazing. I don't think I will ever have a job quite so fun ever again. I feel sad because I am going to leave, but with any story, it has to come to an end.

Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued

The model is not to be copied, but to be realized.

People say you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, but the truth is you just never thought you’d ever lose it.