When I was 8 years old, I knew what I was going to be—an actress.

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

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.

The nature of the universe probably depends heavily on who is the actual protagonist. Lately I've been suspecting it's one of my cats.

Out of adversity comes opportunity.

Some kind of fun lasts longer than others.

I think the Republican Party has indicated to everyone who wants to look at us that, you know, we're in the mainstream. We understand a lot of the concerns people have.

I'm totally sports-oriented; I relate a lot of my career and everything to sports.

All the best bits of a film happen when I'm looking down at my phone. Life, is similar.

Genuine harmony must come from the heart. It cannot come from the barrel of a gun.

Worry destroys the ability to write.

You have a choice every moment of the day to open yourself up. And when you do that, it opens the channels of love.

I think that the problem of the American negro goes beyond the principle of any organization whether it's a religious, political, or otherwise.