A woman is a woman until the day she dies, but a man's man only as long as he can

I don't want nothing old but some old money. Buy me some young ideas. That's what I'm gonna do with it.

Love is like playing checkers. You have to know which man to move.

[On turning down an invitation to appear for four minutes on the Ed Sullivan Show:] Honey, it takes Moms four minutes just to get on the stage.

Advice to children crossing the street: damn the lights. Watch the cars. The lights ain't never killed nobody.

A woman is a woman until the day she dies, but a man's man only as long as he can

Use those brains that God put in your head.