Why does every black person in the movies have to play a servant? How about a black person walking up the steps of a courthouse carrying a briefcase?

Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.

They say the movies should be more like life; I think life should be more like the movies.

Some perfect wife I am. I've been married four times, divorced four times, have no children, and can't boil an egg.

If you're bored in New York, it's your own fault.

Life is not about having and getting. It's about being and becoming.

I think that carrying on a life that is meant to be private in public is a breach of taste, common sense, and mental hygiene.

I had these slinky eyes and a sense of humor.

I never enjoyed my work more than when I worked with William Powell. He was a brilliant actor, a delightful companion, a great friend and, above all, a true gentleman.

I was a homely kid with freckles that came out every spring and stuck on me till Christmas.

I got rid of all those reporters.

Lord, may the pain be ours, And the weakness that it brings, But at least give us the strength, Of not showing it to anyone!

A promotion is an illusionary solution out of an indebted employee’s pit of debt.

The ability to Self-Motivate is a cornerstone of true wealth.

Sometimes I’m terrified of my heart; of its constant hunger for whatever it is it wants. The way it stops and starts.

An artist's fine goal is to manifest a well-nigh heroic self-discipline, carefully attending to all that concerns him.

Some girls are bright as the morning / And some girls are blessed with a dark turn of mind.

That is the mystery: Reading Henry James can yield prose that is contrary to James, yet inspired by him. Who can understand this?

There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second.

It's hard for anyone intelligent to be nonviolent. Everything in the universe does something when you start playing with his life, except the American Negro. He lays down and says, 'Beat me, daddy.'

I'd take 12 guys who had a strong passion for the game over 12 guys who don't respect the game.