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.

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.

Everybody`s a teacher if you listen.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

A senator in Washington the other day said, We need you. We need that voice. Well, between working on Everybody Loves Raymond and writing a book, I have very little time.

Everything in life comes to an end. I`ve known loss. I`ve lost my husband, I`ve lost friends. When my husband died, I was devastated.

By the time you`re 40, the kids are grown, out of the house or on their way out, and you have your whole life again.

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.

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.

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.

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

Everybody`s a teacher if you listen.