"Languages, literature, art, music, history: are all self-evident helps - and even mathematics and sciences, by training memory and demanding the analytical approach, are helpful by indirection."

"No education is ever wasted and everything you learn is helpful in acting."

"In addition to actual dramatic training and experience, I'd want as much education as possible."

"You'll be much better equipped for a long life in pictures if you have a sound theatrical background."

"Parading about in the latest gowns and making dull platitudes for an entire evening doesn't constitute social success in my book."

"One of the choicest occupations here is ripping reputations into pieces."

"Hollywood is fond of gushing chit-chat as any other town."

"They aren't interested in the fact that whenever they kick up dirt, the dirt rubs off on every one of us."

"You may laugh of the idea of the good will of others in Hollywood, but it's no laughing matter if you don't have it."

"It doesn't hurt any of us to remember that Hollywood isn't at all impressed by anyone who has the fantastic illusion that the town must revolve around him."

"It's not possible to forget pictures. Anyone who works in them thinks of them constantly."

"People have also said that I can't be used as a fair example of Hollywood living since I keep my private life so completely separate from my career."

"Ever since the first day I arrived in this town, the general impression has been that I'm like a queen holding court on chosen days."

"The glamour of Hollywood has never worn thin for me."

"Nothing can replace the excitement, the magic and yes the glamour of a Ziegfeld show. To see the great showman sitting in the second row busily writing his telegrams is a thrill no actress can forget."

"Music was as natural as breathing in our house."

"Mother, an accomplished musician, taught me to play the piano as a very small girl."

"No triumph of either my stage or screen career has ever rivalled the excitement of trips down the Mississippi on the river boats with my father."

"Father drove fifty miles each evening behind his spanking team of horses to keep his date with the Southern girl - carefully chaperoned by FOUR maiden aunts."

"Our home in Louisville, Kentucky, where I was born on December 20, was one of great happiness."

"When I found myself riding in a lift with the great showman, I was too much too frightened even to look at him, much less get off at the same floor."

"Any young girl aspiring to a theatrical career held Florenz Ziegfeld in a awe."

"Surely it isn't entirely normal to see fingers pointing at you as a rare species, the only one in captivity!"

"Never on any golf course have I been approached by a policeman who said, "Lady, you can't play with an ordinary golf ball. You're movie star. You'll have to use a coconut for a ball."

"Strange as it may seem to those who have read much of the screwball side of Hollywood life, I have never had to fight against an impulse to jump into a swimming-pool while dressed for the opera."

"There seems to be a general impression that to be known as normal in Hollywood is akin to being labeled as rare animal in a zoo."

"How do I remain what is called "normal"? Because for me it's the natural thing to do, and therefore easier than doing something else."

"I'll never have to write my memoirs now after reading this. She had six husbands, at least six lovers - why, my life is so dull compared to hers! I've had one husband, one daughter, one house and no lovers."

"That's the kind of stuff you are offered today. Scripts that have you mixed up with young men. I find them utterly revolting. Of course WE never had to do nude scenes. I'm glad, too, because I'm susceptible to pneumonia."

"Ever since my United Nations work, for instance, they've been saying that I've gone into politics. The United Nations is a nonpolitical body."

"I can understand why people would want to stay on the road because you create your own bubble. You almost don’t live in the real world. Just to have the things that are with you is fine."

"Ob Sie Adeles "Skyfall" von Megan Marie Hart intonieren, von Kylie Minogue piepsen oder von Tupac Shakur rappen lassen, macht einen Unterschied."

"The reason that gets me is, and the greatest part of my job and what I do, is the humanity of it and there’s certain moments where that really cuts through."

"I maintain that the best song is the one that ends up on the album. So whether I’ve written it or I haven’t, I’m very comfortable with both."

"If this is my last night with you, Hold me like I'm more than just a friend. Give me a memory I can use, Take me by the hand while we do What lovers do. It matters how this ends 'Cause what if I never love again?"

"I only wanted to have fun Learning to fly, learning to run. I let my heart decide the way When I was young Deep down, I must have always known That this would be inevitable To earn my stripes, I'd have to pay And bare my soul."

"I can't love you in the dark, It feels like we're oceans apart. There is so much space between us, Baby, we're already defeated. Ah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, everything changed me."

"If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently. Don't pretend that you don't want me. Our love ain't water under the bridge."

"If you're not the one for me, Then how come I can bring you to your knees? If you're not the one for me, Why do I hate the idea of being free? And if I'm not the one for you, You've gotta stop holding me the way you do. Oh honey, if I'm not the one for you, Why have we been through what we have been through?"

"Let me photograph you in this light In case it is the last time that we might Be exactly like we were before we realised We were sad of getting old, it made us restless. It was just like a movie, It was just like a song."

"Send my love to your new lover, Treat her better. We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts. We both know we ain't kids no more."

"Hello from the other side, I must've called a thousand times To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done, But when I call, you never seem to be home. Hello from the outside. At least, I can say that I've tried To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart, But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore."

"Never mind, I'll find someone like you, I wish nothing but the best for you, too. Don't forget me, I beg. I remember you said, "Sometimes it lasts in love, But sometimes it hurts instead.""

"The distance in form, intention, mood and expression between Schubert's songs for voice and piano and those of, say, Adele, is remarkably small."

"Oh, my God, I can't believe it. Out of all the people in the world, What is the likelihood of jumping Out of my life and into your arms? Maybe, baby, I'm just losing my mind, 'Cause this is trouble, but it feels right. Teetering on the edge of Heaven and Hell Is a battle that I cannot fight."

"There ain't no gold in this river That I've been washin' my hands in forever. I know there is hope in these waters, But I can't bring myself to swim When I am drowning in this silence, Baby, let me in.Go easy on me, baby. I was still a child. Didn't get the chance to Feel the world around me. I had no time to choose what I chose to do, So go easy on me."

"It sounds obvious, but I think you only learn to love again when you fall in love again."