I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half.

Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.

The male - I have found - is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.

Youve simply got to go on and on with your family and friends and tell them how much you love them because you never know whether theyll be there tomorrow, do you?

At home I have big vats of cabbage soup that I make to slim down.

For sheer sexiness, a man must be beautiful. Funny. yes. Clever, no.

I love the long grass coming up to meet the willows.

If you feel compelled to give a New Year's Eve party, don't invite people to arrive too early or they'll go off the boil before midnight.

People who can write a book usually do.

I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969.

And I would really like to be a grandmother, but only when Felix or Emily meet the right person and are ready.

Being trustworthy requires: Doing the right thing. And doing things right.

Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.

God's grace comes in all shapes, sizes, and circumstances as God continues to unfold something magnificent in me.

I'm 18, I'm going to graduate high school in a few months.

It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it.

My favorite piece [piece of music] is the one we hear all the time if we are quiet.

The iPad was my first splurge after I got my first paychecks. I paid off the debt, and I now bring the iPad with me to auditions.

A magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers.

All the vested interests and people who profit by war will - with the journals they control - resolutely oppose any reduction of armaments.

Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things.