If I can do it, you can do it. Anybody can.

A person does not leave a good marriage for someone else.

I like to sing love songs.

The whole world is singing my song
But I sing it only to you
The whole world is humming along
I love you, I love you, I do.

If there is a Heaven, I'm sure Rock Hudson is there because he was such a kind person.

A woman gains status when she refuses to see anything killed to be put on her back. Then she's truly beautiful.

For every dollar spent on spaying and neutering now, $17 is saved and can be used for other community projects. We work with the animals and the people who love them.

When I recorded for Columbia, I could usually do anything in one take...I would invariably want to use the first take because that would be the one that was spontaneous and fresh.

It was the only ambition I ever had -- not to be a dancer or Hollywood movie star, but to be a housewife in a good marriage.

The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it.

When I was a teeny little girl, I was in dancing school, and I sang.

Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.

Older, younger, anyone can help. We've learned that our legislators listen, and people with passionate and thoughtful concerns make a difference every day. We've had constituents initiate legislation, lobby for it, organize meetings and events, and, of course, call, mail, e-mail and visit legislators to express their views. It's really great to see how much difference that individuals can make.

I like joy; I want to be joyous. I want to smile and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.

I never retired.

I'm tired of being thought of as Miss Goody Two-Shoes... the girl next door, Miss Happy-Go-Lucky.

The succession of cheerful, period musicals I made, plus Oscar Levant's widely publicized remark about my virginity, contributed to what has been called my image, which is a word that baffles me. There never was any intent on my part either in my acting or in my private life to create any such thing as an image.

DAY: I have a good job, a lovely apartment, I go out with very nice men to the best places, the finest restaurants, the theater. What am I missing? RITTER: If you hove to ask, believe me, you're missing it.

Still sittin' under the apple tree
With nobody else but me.

I've just always loved animals.