When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on.

You can change my mind, but you gotta work harder at it.

Everybody's a teacher if you listen.

I'm learning something all the time. That's the way I want it to go, and that's the way I'll go until I am no longer on this planet.

I think women are taught to ask permission about everything. We don't realize that we are entitled and we do have a say in our lives.

You can't show me an ad on TV with hard bodies and say I have to buy that car. You have to tell me why that car is better and safer than another car.

There's no magazine you open, unless its AARP, that shows a woman over the age of 45 in any other light, other than having to buy Depends or Viagra.

When I go, if there's a tombstone it will say, She doesn't give in. She doesn't give up. And she never takes no for an answer.

My awards are lovely. I love to show them of.

You know I'm an actress, not just a funny lady.

With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.

Love them for who they are, and what they are they are; they are not you. Good stuff, isn't it? You have to live 73 years to get that.

You can call me an older woman - I don't mind that at all - just don't call me an old one, because I'm not.

I used to sit near Marilyn Monroe in the Actor's Studio. She'd get dressed up because that was her identity. Sad. Those cameras wouldn't leave her alone. She didn't know where to hide.

Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else.

The minute you're born, you're getting older.

If someone is mean, harmful, or evil, they're out of my life. I cross them out.

When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on.

My awards are lovely. I love to show them off.

Everybody’s a teacher if you listen.

From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.

He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.

Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

Let there be more joy and laughter in your living.

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.

I just love listening to the laughter.

Laughter can bring a new perspective.

All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

Every blessed one of you feels better for that burst of laughter.

It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

I feel now it's useless to keep hoping. The way things are today, we live in a world that needs laughter, and I've decided if I can make people laugh, I'm making a more important contribution.

Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain.

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.

This happens to be that the power of laughter and love would beat out the power of fear every time. You know, I hate to sound corny about it but it's true, and I think that's what this movie is about.

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.

Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all.

Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters.

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.

I believe that laughter is a language of God and that we can all live happily ever laughter.

A person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.