Quotes by Betty White

I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!

I enjoy being busy, I really do. Remember, Im the stub end of the railroad. I have no family, so Im not taking busy time away from people that I should be spending it with. So Im just relaxing and enjoying it.

My mother and dad were big animal lovers, too. I just dont know how I would have lived without animals around me. Im fascinated by them - both domestic pets and the wild community. They just are the most interesting things in the world to me, and its made such a difference in my lifetime.

Its a little known fact that one in three family pets gets lost during its lifetime, and approximately 9 million pets enter shelters each year. Thats why its a wonderful thing to get your pet microchipped and registered with your contact information because then they can be located and the owners can track where their pets are.

The bottom line is, Im blessed with good health. On top of that, I dont go around thinking Oh, Im 90, I better do this or I better do that. Im just Betty. Im the same Betty that Ive always been. Take it or leave it.

Im not into animal rights. Im only into animal welfare and health. Ive been with the Morris Animal Foundation since the 70s. Were a health organization. We fund campaign health studies for dogs, cats, lizards and wildlife. Ive worked with the L.A. Zoo for about the same length of time. I get my animal fixes!

Im a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.

Im not what you might call sexy, but Im romantic. Lets put it that way.

Anger tears me up inside... My own... or anyone elses.

During the Depression, my dad made radios to sell to make extra money. Nobody had any money to buy the radios, so he would trade them for dogs. He built kennels in the backyard, and he cared for the dogs.