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Doing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don't get that laugh, there's something wrong.
If you have one good series, you know, it's a blessing. Two good series is unusual. Three is a phenomenon.
Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself. I think that keeps you feeling young. I really do.
I think everybody needs a passion. Whether it's one passion or a hundred, that's what keep life interesting.
I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I'm up and down those stairs all the time. That's my exercise.
Sex is pretty funny, let's face it. And the more seriously we take ourselves, the funnier sex gets, I think.
Facebook just sounds like a drag, in my day seeing pictures of peoples vacations was considered a punishment
People who don't like cats haven't been around them. There's the old joke: dogs have masters, cats have staff.
Animals don't lie. Animals don't criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.
I've always liked older men. They're just more attractive to me. Of course, at my age there aren't that many left!
When you start explaining why something's funny or finding a formula for it I think it loses some of its funniness.
A lady likes to be complimented on her looks, her eyes, her figure. But the personality comments are much appreciated.
People forget the good that zoos do. If it weren't for zoos, we would have so many species that would be extinct today.
I didn't know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time.
When I realized I could use Facebook as a way to communicate directly with my fans, I thought it would be a great idea.
I like double entendre because then the people who get it enjoy it, and the people who don't get it don't know about it.
I think older women still have a full life. Maybe the writers don't address it these days, but it doesn't change the fact.
Gravity has taken over me from time to time. But otherwise than that, I'm blessed with good health. That's the bottom line.
When we started in television, there was that magic box in the corner of the room, and 'Oh my gosh - look what it's doing!'
I know unless I'm true to myself I couldn't be happy. Too much emphasis is placed today on externals and too little on character.
I'm just happy as a lark having a good health. People say are you thinking about retiring, I don't have time to think about retiring.
I'm the luckiest broad on two feet, I'll tell you that. They say once a woman passes 40 she doesn't get any good parts, so I'm blessed.
Wilderness is harder and harder to find these days on this beautiful planet, and we're abusing our planet to the point of almost no return.
Once someone has had the good fortune to share a true love affair with a Golden Retriever, one's life and one's outlook is never quite the same.
Being blessed with good health gives you the strength and loving what you do and - is a privilege that keeps you going. So I'm just happy as a lark.
I don't know how people get so anti-something. Just mind your own business, take care of your own affairs, and don't worry about other people so much.
Literally it’s the precise moment when dog doo turns white, but in general it refers to the type of person you don’t want to share your hoogencogles with.
I'm blessed with good health for which I'm deeply grateful, so for that reason, I feel so good. Everybody else is far more excited about the 90 than I am.
I've worked with Morris Animal Foundation for more than 40 years now, and I'm so proud of all they've done to advance veterinary medicine for animals worldwide.
If you get into a Broadway show and it doesn't work, you're a failure. And if it does work, you may be stuck for who knows how long. It just doesn't sound great to me!
I just want to bring as much natural as I can. I'm not saying that people who take acting lessons are false. They're much better than I am, but it doesn't work for me.
I always tape my Christmas show in advance. That way I can spend the season of joy and goodwill with my only sister in Florida. She’s kinda a creep but she’s got a pool.
All creatures must learn to coexist. That's why the brown bear and the field mouse can share their lives in harmony. Of course, they can't mate or the mice would explode.
People have told me 'Betty, Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with old friends...' .. At my age, if I wanted to keep in touch with old friends, I'd need a Ouija board
It's been phenomenal, but everybody keeps congratulating me on my resurgence and my big comeback. I haven't been away, guys. I've been working steadily for the last 63 years.
Humor is like music. It's a rhythm, and you just kind of get the rhythm of it, and you have to know not to let the beat go too long, but to leave a beat in there for it to gel.
I think it's your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that's a waste of a lovely life. 'Oh... I'm 30, oh, I'm 40, oh, 50.' Make the most of it.
Those that just talk are also the ones that say, 'Why don't they do this?' and 'Why don't they do that?' Well, they're they. We're all they, and we can all do a little something.
Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it's got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can't just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that - it's got to be funny.
Retirement is not a dirty word, I am just enjoying what I am doing. If they want me to retire, then stop asking me. Ask and I will say yes unless it is something I really don't like.
Take personal responsibility. A lot of people go, 'Well, I'll get a dog because I have a kid and a kid needs a dog.' And it doesn't work out for that dog and the dog is on the street.
I was an only child and I had a mother and father who were just - there wasn't a straight man in the house, and I mean that in a very nice way. They were fun, and we would laugh a lot.
I think we're losing our sense of humor instead of being able to relax and laugh at ourselves. I don't care whether it's ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, or whose ox is being gored.
One thing they don't tell you about growing old - you don't feel old, you just feel like yourself. And it's true. I don't feel eighty-nine years old. I simply am eighty-nine years old.
I won't do anything that is connected with drugs. I've seen drugs ruin so many people's lives. I don't think there's anything cute about drugs. And I don't believe in celebrating them.
I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing. If I sound old-fashioned, it's because I'm as old as I am! But it's just polite.
Having a live audience makes a world of difference to the acting. It keeps your timing sharp. When something doesn't work, the actor can sense the reaction from the audience and quickly move on.
I think a handwritten letter - a lot of guys don't realize what that means. It's those little romantic touches that tell a lady, "I like a lot of people, but you have a special place in my heart."
I've always had a bawdy sense of humor. My father was a traveling salesman and he would bring jokes home. He would say, "Honey, you can take this one to school, but you can't take that one to school."
It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.