Wit doesn't make girls pretty.

I didn't like mundane life.

Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life.

I never wear mascara; I laugh until I cry too often.

I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine.

Always keep a smile. I attribute my long life to that. I believe I will die laughing. That's part of my program.

I had to wait 110 years to become famous. I wanted to enjoy it as long as possible.

If you can’t do anything about it, don’t worry about it.

I only have one wrinkle and I'm sitting on it.

I think I will die laughing.

I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.

Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.

Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.

Word - that invisible dagger.

Winning the ACM, winning the CMA, my first time on the Opry and having Grammy nominations were all a big deal to me.

I never weep over lost money, for I figure I'd rather go to the poorhouse once than go there every day.

Never let anyone tell you how to live your life.

I can't ask the offense to score slower.

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

The paintings are like prayers, relating to wishing for something beyond everyday life.

Odor of blood when Christ was slain Made all Platonic tolerance vain And vain all Doric discipline.