Love yourself first and everything falls into line.

People either have comedy or they don't. You can't teach it to them.

I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways.

Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork quilt.

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

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

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.