Seal my lips on aches and pains. They are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic.

Taste. You cannot buy such a rare and wonderful thing. You can't send away for it in a catalogue. And I'm afraid it's becoming obsolete.

Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.

When something happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.

My mother was Irish and she was superstitious, if you'll forgive the tautology.

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

Moments. A couple of moments that people remember, that they can take with them, is what makes a good movie.

Do you know what makes a movie work? Moments. Give the audience half a dozen moments they can remember, and they'll leave the theatre happy.

Where is there beauty when you see deprivation and starvation?

When you let it go with love, but without expectations, it is forever yours.

I like to be around entertaining people. Even if they're bored, and you're in a convalescent home, there's something entertaining about that, in a way.

I know you shouldn't spit in your own soup but I think most crime writing is like TV and doesn't make enormous demands on one's intellect.

Our great Constitution has been beaten and torn until now it hangs by a single thread, and that thread is our franchise to vote.

We all know scientists who in private life do not come up to the standard of truthfulness, but who, nevertheless, would not consciously falsify the results of their researches

The women are always vixens or monsters. They can't just be normal people in the book.

Engage with the Bible. Meditate on it day and night. Think and rethink about God's Word. Let it be your guide. Make it your go-to book for questions. Let it be the ultimate authority in your life.

I’m lucky to have the kind of life where the differentiation between work and play is absolutely zilch. I have no idea whether I’m working or whether I’m playing.

A man with a good wife is the luckiest of God's creatures.

Yes, I loved MASH. As we are sitting here now talking, it's playing somewhere in the world.