My God, I'm four hundred years old and the most I can do is look three hundred.

It is my intention to make no provision herein for my son Christopher or my daughter Christina for reasons which are well known to them.

I need sex for a clear complexion, but I'd rather do it for love.

I absolutely will not allow anyone to call me grandmother. They can call me Auntie Joan, Dee-Dee, Cho-Cho, anything but grandmother. It pushes a woman almost to the grave.

If you start watching the oldies, you're in trouble. I feel ancient if "Grand Hotel" or "The Bride Wore Red" comes on. I have a sneaking regard for "Mildred Pierce", but the others do nothing for me.

The Democratic party is one that I've always observed. I have struggled greatly in life from the day I was born and I am honored to be apart of something that focuses on working class citizens and molds them into a proud specimen. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Kennedy have done so much in that regard for the two generations they've won over during their career course.

You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed.