Young man, if God had wanted you to see me that way, he would have put your eyes in your bellybutton.

You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.

I remember him watching me through the crack of a door singing with a hairbrush. I was in front of his mirror. I think he wanted me to sing. He would get me on the table and make me sing sometimes or play the piano. He was very encouraging on that front.

A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning.

You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.

Never get caught acting.