Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
If you follow all of the rules, you'll miss all of the fun.
Nobody owes anybody anything; it's up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future.
Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.
I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone
The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
If you're given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.
We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
Don't moan, don't whine, don't blame. Just get on with it.
I don't care WHAT the say about me, as long as it's not the truth
I don't believe in marriage. It's bloody impractical. 'To love, honor, and obey.' If it weren't, you wouldn't have to sign a contract.
The woman's position in the world today is so much harder than a man's that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.
Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
What in the world would we do without our libraries?
Loved people are loving people.
I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.
Enemies are so stimulating.
Let's just say that where a change was required, I adjusted. In every relationship that exists, people have to seek a way to survive. If you really care about the person, you do what's necessary, or that's the end. For the first time, I found that I really could change, and the qualities I most admired in myself I gave up. I stopped being loud and bossy... Oh, all right. I was still loud and bossy, but only behind his back.
"Isn't it fun getting older?" is really a terrible fallacy. That's like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.
I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.
I have always lived my life exactly as I wanted. I've tried to please no one but myself... but I'm entirely content. I can sit back in my old age and not regret a single moment, not wish to change a single thing. It's what I wish for you...a life with no regrets.
There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.
If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one's responsibilities: That's happiness.
