One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.

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.

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.

If you want to feel good, you have to go out and do some good.

Our response to temptation reveals the substance of our faith.

It is with tremendous excitement and pride that EMILY's List endorses Senator Hillary Clinton for president.

Humans are lonely creators. Humans always desire and yearn for others. Humans thirst for ambitions. When things don't go their way, they start thirsting for it even more.

Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately.

I believe that UNICEF is the most important branch of the U.N.; they do exceptional work to help the neediest children around the world

There is no art without Eros.

I hate thinking about what I'm doing. I wish I didn't think about it at all.

there is no path to peace, but peace itself is the path.