Music is the great cheer-up in the language of all countries.

One night some short weeks ago, for the first time in her not always happy life, Marilyn Monroe's soul sat down alone to a quiet supper from which it did not rise.

If they tell you that she died of sleeping pills you must know that she died of a wasting grief, of a slow bleeding at the soul.

Life shouldn't be printed on dollar bills.

There are 43,000 minutes in a month - can't you give me five?

There are two kinds of marriages, Benny — where the husband quotes the wife, or where the wife quotes the husband.

It's the Twentieth Century ... no more miracles.

Mr President, the president is dead.

But I did it! That's the thing—I did it! What will my father say when he hears I murdered a man? Lorna, I see what I did. I murdered myself, too! I've been running around in circles. Now I'm smashed!

What do you want from me? Revenge? Sorry—we're all out of revenge today!

You can overspend money but you never can over spend love, so spend it without any thought.

There are no standards and no possible victories except the joy you are living while dancing your run. You are not running for some future reward-the real reward is now!

Folic acid deficiency does the same thing as radiation.

Blessed is the one who has arrived at infinite ignorance.

Rhine. The river that, somewhere out there, has broken free.

Humility opens the door of opportunity.

The position of First Lady has no rules, just precedent, so its evolution has been at a virtual standstill for years. If Martha Washington didn't do it, then no one is sure it should be done.

The point we emphasize is strong confidence in our original nature.

Art has to be severe. It cannot be commercial. It cannot be for the producer or even for the public. It has to be for oneself.

I am a foe to tyrants, and my country's friend.