[on Being Asked In Her Later Years

There Have Only Been Two Authentic Geniuses In The World, Willie Mays And Willie Shakespeare And I Think You'd Better Put Shakespeare First, Darling.

I Think The Republican Party Should Be Placed In Drydock And Have The Barnacles Scraped Off Its Bottom.

Nobody Can Be Exactly Like Me. Sometimes Even I Have Trouble Doing It.

[to The Critic Who Wrote A Negative Review:] I Am Sitting In The Smallest Room Of The House. Your Review Is Before Me. Soon It Will Be Behind Me.

Television Could Perform A Great Service In Mass Education, But There's No Indication Its Sponsors Have Anything Like This On Their Minds.