Old age ain't for sissies

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.

Your moral foundation and character currently depend on what you hear.

It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones who get away that you can't forget.

Don't worry, and don't kick yourself forever. Just take the opportunities when they come.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

You never know what's going to happen to you when you head out into the big world. And when you get older, you don't know how you're going to be thought of or seen.

What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.

I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.

I had no plans to be ever a lawyer, a crime fighter [in school].

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts.

States Rights died at Appomattox.