The great people I've met always have time for the niceties.

I loved playing the part of the feisty Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker

Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time.

At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what I did.

My only true harmony lies deep within my soul, wherever that is. I know that somehow I am in tune with the universe.

I believe in joy, but I believe in the flip-side, agony.

I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition.

One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholic to stimulate my acting career.

Aside from my son, no person has ever shown for me the gentle concern I knew from Governor Adlai Stevenson.

I have reached a state in life where I can buy a whole house full of chairs and can bump into them until they are black and blue

I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room

A full heart has room for everything and empty heart has room for nothing. Who understands?

Now when the flowers are in full bloom, It is the ashes from the past that hidden loom.

I actually went on a vegan diet. So I was nagging myself there. I don't nag other people about it. It was sort of an interesting experiment, and I found it wasn't that hard at all.

Implement your plans with courage and persistence. Have complete faith in your ability to succeed and never, ever give up.

A miracle drug is any drug that will do what the label says it will do.

Selling is the easiest job in the world if you work it hard-but the hardest job in the world if you try to work it easy.

I always enjoy Oslo. It's a beautiful city, especially on a cold winter day.

Nevada once again has shown double digit increases in tax revenue... Nevada continues to show economic stability with its desirable business climate and booming tourism sector.

I tell anyone who asks me - Scholes is the best English player.

Jan built herself an ivory tower to keep the wolves out; she never dreamed they were already inside.