I hope life treats you kind, and I hope you have all that you ever dreamed of, and I wish you joy and happiness. But above all of this, I wish you love.

Some guys look better as they get older.

[On growing up in a large family with little money:] ... to take a bath ... we just had a pan of water and we'd wash down as far as possible, and we'd wash up as far as possible. Then, when somebody'd clear the room, we'd wash possible.

My husband calls me 'catfish.' He says I'm all mouth and no brains.

You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.

There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too.

Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.