Doris Day

Killing an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn't meant to be, and we have no right to do it. A woman gains status when she refuses to see anything killed to be put on her back. Then she's truly beautiful.

I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile, and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.

Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden.

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.

If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.

I had a wonderful family including my aunts, uncles and cousins but they've all gone to heaven.

Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

When I was a teeny little girl, I was in dancing school, and I sang. We had to put a dance to a song, so I went to the 10-cent store one day and looked at all the sheet music. It was all laid out, and I picked 'Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries.'

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

If it's true that men are such beasts this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.

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

I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source.

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