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."

When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.

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.

You've buttered your bread, now sleep in it.

I left my car parked at the top of Lombard Street Hill, and I forgot to put the breaks on. It's the funniest thing. The car is running down the hill.

This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.

This recipe is certainly silly. It says to separate two eggs, but it doesn't say how far to separate them.