The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman

As for those grapefruit and buttermilk diets, I'll take roast chicken and dumplings.

A woman's gifts will make room for her.

I'd rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid.

I did my best, and God did the rest.

The only choice permitted us is either to be servants for $7 a week or to portray them for $700 per week.

Always remember this: There are only eighteen inches between a pat on the back and a kick in the rump.

Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time.

I've played everything but a harp.

You can best fight any existing evil from the inside.

I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race and the motion picture industry.

[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth.

Striving for perfection can get in the way during the early stages of the creative process.

For me, I am still very happy to be able to do stage design as it's an opportunity to express the extreme.

You can't be wise and in love at the same time.

Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.

It is easy to write unthinking music.

My psychiatrist once said to me, 'Maybe life isn't for everyone'.

Thus it is ever in life. The aims we once pursued no longer satisfy us; we aim, we strive, we aspire, until sight fails, and mind and body find rest in the grave.

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost.

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well.