I'm not funny. What I am is brave.

Luck? 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.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

You see much more of your children once they leave home.

A man who correctly guesses a woman's age may be smart, but he's not very bright.

The more things you do, the more you can do.

Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

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 your faith in yourself.

I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally.