If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.

You can do what you want, but saving love doesn't bring any interest.

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 go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without.

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)

I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.