May each of my grandsons know, at an early age, what his life's ambition is -- and may he be successful in his pursuit of that goal.

It's better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you're not. It's a sign of your worth sometimes, if you're hated by the right people.

You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . Joan Crawford is dead. Good.

There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.

Getting old is not for sissies.

Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother's old farmhouse -- all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and nothing whatsoever in the attic.

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.

If everyone likes you, you're not doing it right.

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.

He was the last thread suspending me in the light. Without him, I can feel myself spiraling downward, falling to a place where I can no longer pull myself back up.

Any time you can gain clarity and higher meaning, you allow more inner peace and more prosperity.

I know a parson who frightened his congregation terribly by telling them the second coming was very imminent indeed, but they were much consoled when they found he was planting trees in his garden.

You ever wonder if Adam and Eve were just the puppies God dumped because they wouldn't house-train?

You know a great many things in dreams, often despite the evidence of your eyes. You just know them.

In the Buddha's life story we see the three stages of practice: Morality comes first, then concentrated meditation, and then wisdom. And we see that the path takes time.

Before Cliff (Richard) and The Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music.

You are going to have bad days and have good days.

We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.