“Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”

“Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

“In order to get to the rainbow you must be able to deal with the rain.”

“I make jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know what she was, just this woman who was blond and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. Momma used to say, "Aw, she's just trash," and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash.”

“I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.”

“I would never stoop so low as to be fashionable.”

“If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain.”