The musicals had a good, happy feeling, saying that the world is a better place. They say it's not reality, but who cares? There's too much reality these days.

We assume that celebrities have it easy and so love to watch them having to endure a bit of hardship.

I wanted to be a veterinarian. I adored animals, raised everything in the world and decided that was going to be what I was going to do. But I could sing.

I had done 25 motion pictures prior to The Partridge Family and nobody knew my name.

It's great to see that celebrities can be just like us - that they too have their highs and lows, that they don't always wake up looking their best, that they have bad habits and annoying traits.

After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise.

We can't negate television. Unfortunately, I do feel in many ways that it did kill my movie career. It did do that. But would I not do it again? Do I have any regrets about doing it? No.

I feel very fortunate to have been associated with people such as Rodgers and Hammerstein. I think they were geniuses of their time.

I'm a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That's my kind of music.

I wanted some family structure and stability, and thats what The Partridge Family afforded me, not only financially but in the fact that I could be at home with my kids.

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.

Except for fools and madmen, everyone knows that nuclear war would he an unprecedented human catastrophe.

MaCleod, since you've flown the SeaBee a lot you'll understand when I say it was the only airplane I ever owned that you could put in a dive, loose a cylinder and stall out!

My look is always glitzy for New Year's Eve, even if I am at home.

Some authors regard morality in the same light as we regard modern architecture. Convenience is the first thing to be looked for.

Don't let your fear of failing triumph over the joy of participating.

And I am left behind Corrupted crushed and blind All for a dream That in truth was never really mine.

The reason we wouldn't make a seven-inch tablet isn't because we don't want to hit a price point, it's because we don't think you can make a great tablet with a seven-inch screen.

I really love writing themes and melody.

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.