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Quotes by Betty White

Betty White

“Keep the other persons well being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on”

“All creatures must learn to coexist. That’s why the brown bear and the field mouse can share their lives in harmony. Or course, they can’t mate or the mice would explode.”

“I think were losing our sense of humor instead of being able to relax and laugh at ourselves. I dont care whether its ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, or whose ox is being gored.”

“She said theyre OK, but the house is flooded up to the second floor right now,”

“Weve been real sensitive to that since we saw the stand Kamehameha Schools took. But even though they took that stand, they still lost this ruling,”

“I majored in English in college, ... but whenever I had doubts when I was writing, Id always call Nelson. He would always laugh and say he needed to be on my payroll.”

“I feel like its what God wants me to do. I know how it feels and how devastated people can be.”

“He loves the fact that he is kind of a star in all this. Hes always wanted to be on TV.”

“I love being able to contribute to medical education and science.”

“Theyve kind of surrounded him by some old friends of the audience, ... so that the audience will feel secure and they can concentrate on Alfred.”

“They see these gorgeous animals and they know we must not let them perish off this Earth. You dont get that off a documentary.”

“This is nice for everybody. We all thought it was great. It is long overdue.”

If one has no sense of humor, one is in trouble.

Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.

Keep the other persons well-being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on.

I think its your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and thats a waste of a lovely life. Oh... Im 30, oh, Im 40, oh, 50. Make the most of it.

Its your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and dont take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.

Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, its got to be funny enough to warrant it. You cant just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that - its got to be funny.

I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.

If you get into a Broadway show and it doesnt work, youre a failure. And if it does work, you may be stuck for who knows how long. It just doesnt sound great to me!