I drifted into acting and drifted out. Acting is not everything. Living is.

Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace

The things we like best are either illegal, immoral or fattening.

if we don't stand for something, you may be sure we will fall for anything.

That's the kind of stuff you are offered today. Scripts that have you mixed up with young men. I find them utterly revolting.

Trying to build the brotherhood of man without the fatherhood of God is like trying to make a wheel without a hub.

I know all the swear words. I just don't use them. There are worse things in life than being called a Lady.

There seems to be a general impression that to be known as normal in Hollywood is akin to being labeled as rare animal in a zoo.

And yet I think The White Cliffs of Dover one of my best films

I'll leave the swearing to the Jane Fondas.

Nothing can replace the excitement, the magic, and yes the glamour of a Ziegfeld show.

No small art is it to sleep: it is necessary for that purpose to keep awake all day.

You never lose anyone definitely

Have you ever been homesick for someplace that doesn'tactually exist anymore? Someplace that exists only in yourmind?

I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true.

Leading an organization is as much about soul as it is about systems. Effective leadership finds its source in understanding

The Flinstones wore furs, they ate red meat, and had a stoneage philosophy. In fact, they were the first Republicans.

Chanel is composed of only a few elements, white camellias, quilted bags and Austrian doorman's jackets, pearls, chains, shoes with black toes. I use these elements like notes to play with.

High among the unpredictable variables that endanger the survival of worthy buildings are the vagaries of taste.

Labor is the curse of the world, and nobody can meddle with it without becoming proportionately brutalized.

The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.