Gracie: "Don't give up, Blanche. Women don't do that. Look at Betsy Ross, Martha Washington-they didn't give up. Look at Nina Jones." Blanche Morton: "Nina Jones?" Gracie: "I've never heard of her either, because she gave up."

A young boy shouldn't be given up for hopeless just because he's lazy, surly, and good for nothing. Don't be discouraged by those things - maybe he's just trying to be like his daddy.

I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best.

I often put boiling water in the freezer. Then whenever I need boiling water,I simply defrost it.

You kissed me like that when I was a blushing bride ...? I wonder what I was blushing about?

Some people are amazed at my brain, but really it's nothing.

I'm the candidate who forgot to take off her hat before she threw it in the ring.