An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

I never needed Panavision and stereophonic sound to woo the world. I did it in black and white on a screen the size of a postage stamp. Honey, that's talent.

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.

More people saw me than saw Napoleon, Lincoln and Cleopatra. I was better known than Einstein and Picasso. ... I changed the fashion of two continents. The style of the Gay Nineties became the rage ... women were trying to walk and talk like me. Women became more sex-conscious - sex was out in the open and fun.

Diamonds talk, and I can stand listenin' to 'em often.