When I left 20th Century-Fox to freelance, my agent believed that getting big money was the way to establish real importance in our industry.

Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you.

A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself.

Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.

There are no ugly ducklings.

Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.

A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside.

A charming woman is a busy woman.

I believe that prayer is our powerful contact with the greatest force in the universe.

Nearly everyone I met, worked with, or read about was my teacher, one way or another.

Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character.

The best vaccine against anger is to watch others in its throes.

Of course, I do not believe in having everyone who is a liberal called a communist, or everyone who is conservative called a fascist.

Going to a sensational murder trial is the only way I can relax.

I wear the black for those who never read.

I don't understand computers. I don't even understand people who understand computers.

Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that they use.

I have to pinch myself sometimes. It's unbelievable, but it's not. Because I know that this would not be happening if it hadn't been for Dr. Martin Luther King.

...if more people had been organ donors, unwinding never would have happened...but people like to keep what's theirs, even after they're dead.

To do science is to search for repeated patterns, not simply to accumulate facts.

One should hate very little, because it's extremely fatiguing. One should despise much, forgive often and never forget. Pardon does not bring with it forgetfulness; at least not for me.