Many in Hollywood viewed the public persona of the young Debbie Reynolds as demure and vulnerable to be a complete facade. Pianist Oscar Levant once quipped, "She's as wistful as an iron factory."

I don't have a short temper, I just have a quick reaction to bullshit

Big girls need big diamonds.

It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.

Put on some lipstick and pull yourself together.

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.

The beauty of fragrance is that it speaks to your heart and hopefully someone else's.

Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.

Success is a great deodorant.

It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.

This country is made up of small towns and big dreams.

Every promise of Scripture is a writing of God, which may be pleaded before Him with this reasonable request, 'Do as Thou hast said.' The Heavenly Father will not break His Word to His own child.

I mean, at the end of the day when I'm making a record, what I want to do is what I do

I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money-winners list.

In my home, who is my boss? If you ask my wife she'll say certainly not her. She claims that she can't make me do anything and so she's not my boss. I am. I'm pretty sure, maybe.

I never focus on contraction. I'm focusing on my muscle. I'm not focusing on a certain style of lifting or contracting. I'm just trying to get the weight up. I'm trying to build muscle.

I didn't want the public in my personal life at all - I thought that people might perceive me as too normal, and I'd lose that larger-than-life rock star persona. You've got to protect that!

the windy sky Cries out a literate despair.