Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

My ideal of womanhood has always been the pioneer woman who fought and worked at her husband's side. She bore the children, kept the home fires burning; she was the hub of the family, the planner and the dreamer.

I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.

I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one.

I'm not funny. What I am is brave.

Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.