I had a head start in acting. Because of my parents, I had a SAG card, an agent and a recognizable name. But I knew if I screwed up, people would never forget. I'd be dead.

I'll miss everyone on Dallas so much, but I have a wonderful career ahead of me. I can feel it.

There were so many stories about Bing's daughter living in sin. We weren't hurting anyone. We were living in love. I couldn't understand why people were trying to hurt us and hurt our families.

I can enjoy a vacation as well as the next person, as long as I know it's a vacation and not a premature retirement.

All of my life people have thought of me as Bing Crosby's daughter. Now they'll remember me as the person who shot J.R.

The things that are really important to me are my man, my animals and my books. I don't need anything else.

I play a nice crazy lady whose morals are right but who is really foundering.

The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.

The effective exploitation of his powers of abstraction must be regarded as one of the most vital activities of a competent programmer.

Do few things but do them well, simple joys are holy.

2007 began on a high for me because I had the honour of having my name added the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame.

The way we do things is to begin.

I gave it everything in the last 20 minutes. I knew that I still had the energy, that I was ahead of the mark. I felt euphoric — it was the last 20 minutes of my sporting career.

Almost every organization... exhibits two faces a smiling face which it turns toward its members and a frowning face which it turns to the world outside.

The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say.

Everyone knows it takes a woman nine months to have a baby. But you Americans think if you get nine women pregnant, you can have a baby in a month.