I’m a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.
BETTY WHITEI was an only child and I had a mother and father who were just – there wasn’t a straight man in the house, and I mean that in a very nice way. They were fun, and we would laugh a lot.
More Betty White Quotes
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I’ve worked with Morris Animal Foundation for more than 40 years now, and I’m so proud of all they’ve done to advance veterinary medicine for animals worldwide.
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If you’re walking with your lady on the sidewalk, I still like to see a man walking street-side, to protect the lady from traffic. I grew up with that, and I hate to see something like that get lost. I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing.
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Animals are near and dear to my heart, and I’ve devoted my life to trying to improve their lives.
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Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it’s got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can’t just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that – it’s got to be funny.
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Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.
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I didn’t know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time.
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Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren’t going to get rid of me that way.
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I was an only child and I had a mother and father who were just – there wasn’t a straight man in the house, and I mean that in a very nice way. They were fun, and we would laugh a lot.
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I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I’m up and down those stairs all the time. That’s my exercise.
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I think a lot of people like hidden-camera shows where they think they’re spying on somebody who doesn’t know they’re looking at them. And nobody takes it seriously – you either enjoy it and get a laugh out of the reactions or not.
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I stayed in show business to pay for my animal business.
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I’m having the time of my life and the fact that I’m still working – how lucky can you get? I’m 90 years old and still able to work as much as I do. That’s a privilege.
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A lady likes to be complimented on her looks, her eyes, her figure. But the personality comments are much appreciated.
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I like double entendre because then the people who get it enjoy it, and the people who don’t get it don’t know about it.
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I think it’s your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that’s a waste of a lovely life. ‘Oh… I’m 30, oh, I’m 40, oh, 50.’ Make the most of it.
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