"Mr. DeMille's theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his theory."

"I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it."

"It's funny about men and women. Men pay in cash to get them and pay in cash to get rid of them. Women pay emotionally coming and going. Neither has it easy."

"Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid."

"As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself."

"Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth."

"Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often."

"It is a profound truth that fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: i will try once more tomorrow — an essential principle for the reflective life."