We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.
All sport ... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.
All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up - that growing is an ever ongoing process.
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.
Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.
I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included
The way to know life is to love many things.
He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
Life is a journey, not a destination.
A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.
Where there is love there is life.
During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams
To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player...The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.
Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
