Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.

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 future will definitely head to the same direction with your thoughts

Mathematics brought rigor to economics. Unfortunately it also brought mortis.

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.

Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.

Love's humility is love's true pride.

It can be difficult to run your own firm, but the trade off is fewer conflicts and more control.

The key to success is to do the next right thing right.

There are only two races (and they are not distinguished by color): those who are free and those who are not.

If you give up because you announce the phenomenon cannot be explained, you are missing out.

All great music is contemporary. If it's still alive and kicking, then it's contemporary. If it fades away, it was a period piece. It had its moment, and that was it.