Ya know it was a toss-up whether I go in for diamonds or sing in the choir. The choir lost.

[On the metaphysical:] ... I knew in some marvelous way I had touched the hem of the unknown. And being me, I wanted to lift that hemline a little bit more.

When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.

You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.

Is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just glad to see me? (She made this remark in February 1936, at the railway station in Los Angeles upon her return from Chicago, when a Los Angeles police officer was assigned to escort her home)

Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible.

I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.