Mary Tyler Moore Quotes

A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed.

Three things have helped me successfully go through the ordeals of life -- an understanding husband, a good analyst and millions of dollars.

No candy bars unless I've had a low blood sugar where I'm shaky

Both children and adults like me who live with type 1 diabetes need to be mathematicians, physicians, personal trainers, and dietitians all rolled into one.

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

I still feel as if I weren't a good enough mother. I didn't break any rules. I didn't cause my son any pain. But I did bring to my life some of my father, who was very controlling and very remote. I was working a lot. I wasn't there enough.

The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy. I don't know how to do the other, so I won't consider television until the audience's taste changes.

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them.

And I came close to losing a part of my foot on two occasions. I hope I'm consistently lucky and that the next time I develop a blister or step on something sharp, that I don't go as far as I did on those two times.

The thing is I never want to be an observer, it's only in retrospect that I wish I had observed.

I wish that I could write. I think that's a wonderful outlet for an artist. You are ultimately in control. Your fate is not determined by outside influences. You can write wherever you are. I don't think I have the talent.

This has been a wonderful life, absolutely terrific. There are very few things that I would go back and do differently, if I had that control.

The only leading man I ever had a crush on was James Garner.

I don't want anyone to tell me something.

I have always been a combination of both security and insecurity.

Worrying is a necessary part of life.

I can't imagine a pain more all-encompassing than losing a child.

Diets are for those who are thick and tired of it.

I don't think you should ever expect forever in anything, in either platonic friendships or sexual friendships.

I don't know how to do the other, so I won't even consider television until the audience's taste changes.

And the sculptor woman was so clever in the way she did it. She had the beret just about to leave my hand. So it's attached to this finger and that's what will keep it there. And I'm looking up at it, so there's no question but that that beret is going to fly.

Eating sundaes is something you can't do every night.

Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow.

The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They’re superficial and I like articulate comedy.

A friend will give you immediate feedback and that will be that friend's opinion. An analyst often remains quiet and you hear what you've said and you gain your own insight.

I really consider myself a Californian, but I have those great comedic roots in Brooklyn.

There's one beneficial effect of going to Moscow. You come home waving the American flag with all your might.

When the doctor said I had diabetes, I conjured images of languishing on a chaise longue nibbling chocolates. I have no idea why I thought this.

There are two kinds of cloning right now. One is therapeutic cloning which is for coming up with cures for life threatening, really, really awful diseases. Then there is reproductive cloning, which is to make a human being out of your DNA and a donor egg

I live in a kind of controlled awareness. I wouldn't call it fear, but it's an awareness. I know I have a responsibility to behave in a certain way. I'm able to do that.

Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story.

I've always had courage. But I didn't always own my diabetes.

I feel about my dogs now, and all the dogs I had prior to this, the way I feel about children—they are that important to me. When I have lost a dog I have gone into a mourning period that lasted for months.

I have no problem walking in New York because I have a very brisk pace: By the time anyone recognizes me, it's too late, I'm four blocks away from them.

I don't think there's anything quite as dashing as a cop on horseback. To me it's wonderful.

There is a dark side. I tend not to be as optimistic as Mary Richards. I have an anger in me that I carry from my childhood experiences - I expect a lot of myself and I'm not too kind to myself.

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.

Maybe mom is my alter ego and the woman I'm able to be when I'm working.

I've had the fame and the joy of getting laughter - those are gifts.

My weakness is pizza, any form of carbohydrate. I like junk carbohydrates, I like cheap greasy cheeseburgers, quality french fries.

Well, there are certain foods that I prefer not to eat because they're just such a jolt to the system

I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.

Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living.

When you're doing a television series, unless you really pay attention to your life, it doesn't leave very much time for anything else.

Adolescence has such a negative connotation and it shouldn't. It's experimentation, it's being unsure, no preconceived notions.

What's nice about the rain is you don't feel you have to live up to anything. Everything around you is so grey and wet and damp and dreary that you don't feel you have to smile and percolate as you do on a sunny spring day.

Fans want you to be something super-human, something that's impossible for any human being to be.