I know unless I'm true to myself I couldn't be happy. Too much emphasis is placed today on externals and too little on character.

Get at least 8 hours of beauty sleep. 9 if you're ugly.

If the guy's a cutie, you've gotta tap that booty.

I always tape my Christmas show in advance. That way I can spend the season of joy and goodwill with my only sister in Florida. She’s kinda a creep but she’s got a pool.

If you're walking with your lady on the sidewalk, I still like to see a man walking street-side, to protect the lady from traffic. I grew up with that, and I hate to see something like that get lost. I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing.

I am the luckiest old broad on two feet if the truth were known. It's - but it all goes back to 'Mary Tyler Moore,' 'Golden Girls,' all those - actors love to take the credit. We couldn't do it without the writers.

We didn’t have Facebook in my day, we had a phone book but you wouldn’t waste an afternoon on it