I don't look upon my divorces as mistakes. Those marriages were right for the Bess that made that decision at that time.

Mama never told me, 'Bess, you did good.' She wanted the best for us and she was an incredible administrator. She ran those three kids, that house, the whole bit. But if I looked fine, she'd find something wrong - the color, the hem... I used to tell her, 'Mama, don't worry when you're not with me, because you're with me.'

France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are 'made in America.'

I'm like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes.

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference

To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful