Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it.

Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you.

A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself.

Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.

There are no ugly ducklings.

Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.

A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside.

A charming woman is a busy woman.

I believe that prayer is our powerful contact with the greatest force in the universe.

Nearly everyone I met, worked with, or read about was my teacher, one way or another.

Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character.

Chicken fat, beef fat, fish fat, fried foods - these are the foods that fuel our fat genes by giving them raw materials for building body fat.

I believe all positive things and negative things are valuable because they shape you.

I think I've been rather reasonable about this whole situation." "How do you figure?" "They are still breathing, aren't they?

Nations in their great ages have not been great in art or science, but in art and science.

We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body.

Fang and I are always fighting. When we get up in the morning, we don't kiss; we touch gloves.

I'm not really married to the craft of jazz - I'm married to me, and my style, and whatever I produce.

Love's a recurring theme through my work.

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.

Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will; Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still!