America has enjoyed the doubtful blessing of a single-track mind.

All change is not growth as all movement is not forward.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

It is human nature to overestimate the thing you've never had.

The worst thing about war is that so many people enjoy it.

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.

I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

If she is wrong educate her, don't belittle her.

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion […] but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact

Personal truth differs from one person to the next, so how can truth itself be a constant? At least we can listen to each other in truth.

I may be the first actress to admit that beauty doesn't hold you back. I think beauty is a gift that you have to make the most of. I've worked hard at trying to look my best.

Inevitably, every part an actor plays contains some of himself.

Let go of the oars... Everything you want is downstream.

Perhaps it's art; but if it isn't, at least it's something else equally interesting to me!

When there's change, there's opportunity.

When I was in my 20s, I thought that being known for 'Swimming Pool' was kind of a burden. Like, OK, everyone thinks I am this tanned bimbo and I was having problems coping with that image.

At the sight of blackbirds Flying in a green light, Even the bawds of euphony Would cry out sharply.