“It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.”
“You are who you are. All you can do in this world is help others to be who they are and better themselves.”
“So much to do, so little done, such things to be.”
“Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.”
“I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men get, the younger their new wives get.”
“Big girls need big diamonds”
“When the sun comes up, I have morals again.”
“You find out who your real friends are when you’re involved in a scandal.”
“I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can’t possess radiance, you can only admire it.”
“Now is the time for guts and guile”
“I’m a survivor – a living example of what people can go through and survive.”
“I have never felt more alive than when I watched my children delight in something, never more alive than when I have watched a great artist perform, and never richer than when I have scored a big check to fight AIDS.”
“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.”
“Just in case you get pneumonia or die. The dangerous bits are always the last days of shooting.”
“I’ve been through it all, baby, I’m mother courage.”
“I believe in mind over matter and doing anything you set your mind on.”
“I’m a survivor – a living example of what people can go through and survive.”
“I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I’m not afraid to look behind them.”
“I’ve been pronounced dead and I’ve read my own obituaries. And they were the best reviews I ever read.”
“Marriage is a great institution.”
“The most sensible thing to do to people you hate is to drink their brandy.”
“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.”
“There has never been such a silence.”
“When people say, ‘She’s got everything’, I’ve got one answer – I haven’t had tomorrow.”
“Money is the best deodorant.”
“You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way.”
“A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one.”
“It is very strange that the years teach us patience – that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.”
“The ups and downs, the problems and stress, along with all the happiness, have given me optimism and hope because I am living proof of survival.”
“I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.”
“The things that are important to me – being a mother, a businesswoman, an activist – are all things that were borne out of great passion.”
“Put on some lipstick and pull yourself together.”
“You can be fat and still be sexy . It all depends on how you feel about yourself”
“Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.”
“The problem with the people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.”
“I’ve always admitted that I’m ruled by my passions.”
“It’s all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.”
“I don’t entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I’m me. God knows, I’m me.”
“I always wanted to have a fragrance, and I always wanted to be able to connect with people in ways other than through film.”
“It’s not the having, it’s the getting.”
