- I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't."
- "You were taken in charge and trained. They have none of that today any place. I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent. Believe me. What could I do? I couldn't dance. I couldn't sing. I could talk. I could barely walk. I had no flair. I wasn't a beauty, that's for sure."
- "I'd rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not."
- "A man who correctly guesses a woman's age may be smart, but he's not very bright."
- "In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by."
- I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
- One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore faith in yourself.
- The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
- I'm not funny. What I am is brave.
- Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.
- A man who correctly guesses a woman's age may be smart, but he's not very bright.
- In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
- [About her meeting Desi Arnaz for the first time]: It wasn't love at first sight. It took a full five minutes.
- Desi (Desi Arnaz) was the great love of my life. I will miss him until the day I die. But I don't regret divorcing him. I just couldn't take it anymore.
- [About Edith Head]: Edie knew the truth about all of us. She knew who had flat fannies and who didn't -- but she never told.
- [on Liza Minnelli] She's a great trouper, Liza, I wish I had her talent. If anybody's going to take over from me, it's her. She's got a mind like a trip hammer and huge vitality. She's great.
- [on Bob Hope] You spell Bob Hope C-L-A-S-S.
- [on Audrey Hepburn] She's a tomboy and a fine comedienne. You'd never think of her being able to do my type of comedy. But she can. She has great energy, frail as she looks. But, well, she's so beautiful, so ethereal, it would be sacrilege to put her through it.
- [on Julie Andrews] I mean, you in Britain have some of the best comediennes. Julie Andrews is a comedienne -- oh yes she is!
- [on Buster Keaton] He taught me most of what I know about timing, how to fall and how to handle props and animals.
- [Defending her "singing" performance in the film Mame (1974)] Mame stayed up all night and drank champagne! What did you expect her to sound like? Julie Andrews?
- I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.
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