We, my dear Mildred, are the observers of life. Let other people get married by all means, the more the merrier. . . . Let Dora marry if she likes. She hasn't your talent for observation.

I realised that one might love him secretly with no hope of encouragement, which can be very enjoyable for the young or inexperienced.

I stretched out my hand towards the little bookshelf where I kept cookery and devotional books, the most comfortable bedside reading.

I've learned after doing a couple records that if it feels good and it's easy, then that's usually a good sign. And that feeling sorta went with us to Nashville - everything was just natural.

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

Yeah Ernie, its called defense, I mean I wouldn't know anything about it personally but I've heard about it through the grapevine.

Nothing in a language is less translatable than its modes of understatement.

The luxury of doing good surpasses every other personal enjoyment.

Opportunities? I make opportunities.

The good thing about having this illness is that it allows me to be a little bit crazy.

My mother made a brilliant impression upon my childhood life. She shone for me like the evening star.

I grew up on the softball field. Every day I would take my glove and my bat with me