To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.

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.

Life is the most magnificent dance floor of love. Dance with love to feel the joy of life.

Maturity is many things. It is the ability to base a judgment on the big picture, the long haul.

Whenever a woman strengthens the faith of a child, she contributes to the strength of a family - now and in the future.

When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave.

Christianity is not a message which has to be believed, but an experience of faith that becomes a message.

An education is not a thing one gets, but a lifelong process.

You men have none of you any hearts.' 'If we have not hearts, we have eyes; and they give us torment enough.

My experience indicates that most people who've accumulated a great deal of wealth haven't had that as their goal at all. Wealth is only a by-product, not the original motivation.

A person who combs his hair over his bald spot, hoping no one will notice.

There is too little idea of personal responsibility; too much of "the world owes me a living," forgetting that if the world does owe you a living, you must be your own collector.