“It’s very embarrassing to be put on the spot.”

[When her daughter suggested the President refer in his conversation with foreign dignitaries about lawn care to ‘fertilizer’ instead of to ‘manure’:] But remember, it took me almost thirty years to get him to call it manure.

Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.

I was born on Delaware Street. We have never desired another home.

Such widely different things as war and picnics will surely show a man up.

Mother has to be coerced into doing a lot of things.

I deplore any action which denies artistic talent an opportunity to express itself because of prejudice against race origin.

Harry and I have been sweethearts and married more than forty years – and no matter where I was, when I put out my hand Harry’s was there to grasp it.

A woman’s place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on straight.

You may invite the entire 35th Division to your wedding if you want to. I guess it’s going to be yours as well as mine. We might as well have the church full while we are at it.

I’ve been looking at used car bargains. I’ll frankly confess I’m scared to death of Fords. I’ve seen and heard of so many turning turtle.

I have a strong tennis arm.

I am somewhat handicapped in doing things with my hands.

I used to drink, I did, I had to quit. Man, I was an embarrassing drunk. I’d get pulled over by the cops, I’d be so drunk I’d be out dancing to their lights thinking I’d made it to another club.

It’s all right leaping about the stage when you’re 20 but when you get to 25 it gets a bit embarrassing

I struggle to learn by rote. I’ve had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.

It’s a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.

The country of the tourist pamphlet always is another country, an embarrassing abstraction of the desirable that, thank God, does not exist on this planet, where there are always ants and bad smells and empty Coca-Cola bottles to keep the grubby finger-print of reality upon the beautiful.

The internet makes it much easier for politicians to communicate directly with voters – think of the interest when David [Cameron] launched WebCameron, or Tony Blair’s rather embarrassing attempt to catch up on YouTube.

I don’t know if I was always an open person, but I think stand-up comics specifically have this way of running towards embarrassing things.

It’s embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller’s List.