“Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself keeps you feeling young.”
"Everybody needs a passion. That's what keeps life interesting. If you live without passion, you can go through life without leaving any footprints."
“My mother always used to say, "The older you get, the better you get. Unless you're a banana.”
“Get at least eight hours of beauty sleep, nine if you’re ugly.”
“Mind your own business, take care of your affairs, and don’t worry about other people so much.”
“It is important that you not believe your own publicity. Be grateful for whatever praise you receive, but take it with a grain of salt.”
“You can always tell somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.”
“My philosophy for staying young is [to] act bubbly every day. Drink bubbly every birthday!”
“Butterflies are like women — we may look pretty and delicate, but baby, we can fly through a hurricane.”
“Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.”
“About being called a ‘legend,’ “I just laugh. Have I got them fooled.”