“I was the first woman to burn my bra. It took the fire department four days to put it out.”
“Dreams are of no value if they’re not equipped with wings!”
“The only way I’d be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a little lipstick on me before he took me to the morgue.”
“People are always asking me in interviews, ‘What do you think of foreign affairs?’ I just say, ‘I’ve had a few.’
“People say I look so happy — and I say, ‘That’s the Botox.'”
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”
“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”
“Stop this attitude that older people ain’t any good anymore! We’re as good as we ever were — if we ever were any good.”
“Storms make trees take deeper roots.”
“I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb. And I know I’m not blonde.”
“Above everything else I’ve done, I’ve always said I’ve had more guts than I’ve got talent.”
“Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills.”
“Being a star just means that you just find your own special place, and that you shine where you are. To me, that’s what being a star means.”
“When I’m inspired, I get excited because I can’t wait to see what I’ll come up with next.”
“I refuse to settle for something less than great. And if it takes a lifetime, then that’s how long I’ll wait… Is that too much to ask?”
“People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know — I’m never there.”
“Me jumpin’ up and down? I’d blacken both my eyes!”
“It’s a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I’d be a drag queen.”
“When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they’re not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can ’cause I know I’m gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can?”