It's not what you say, but how you say it!

I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?

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.

Tira: Whatever you're thinkin' you're wrong. I only like him like a brother. You ain't got nothin' to worry about. . . . Say listen you. A better dame than you once called me a liar and they had to sew her up in twelve different places. You're lucky I'm a little more refined than I used to be. And if you was as much a lady as I am, you'd get out of here before I get real sore. Alicia: You haven't a streak of decency in you. Tira: I don't show my good points to strangers. I'll trouble you to scram.

All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.

It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.

Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can't ever take that away from you.