[On being asked in her later years if she were Tallulah:] I'm what's left of her, dahling.

They aren't making mirrors like they use to.

If you know your Bible and your Shakespeare and can shoot craps, you have a liberal education.

I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess.

Bette [Davis] and I are good friends. There's nothing I wouldn't say to her face - both of them.

Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after.