I’m a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.
BETTY WHITEI don’t know where I learned elephants like their tongues slapped. Whatever turns you on.
More Betty White Quotes
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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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I’m in the acting business. That’s the ego business.
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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.
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I’ve enjoyed the opposite sex a lot. Always have. Always will.
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Why retire from something if you’re loving it so much and enjoying it so much, and you’re blessed with another group of people to work with like the gang on ‘Hot in Cleveland?’ Why would I think of retiring? What would I do with myself?
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I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!
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I have the backbone of an eel.
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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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The bottom line is, I’m blessed with good health. On top of that, I don’t go around thinking ‘Oh, I’m 90, I better do this or I better do that.’ I’m just Betty. I’m the same Betty that I’ve always been. Take it or leave it.
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I have my golden retriever now, Pontiac. He’s a career-change guide dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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Anger tears me up inside, My own, or anyone else’s.
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If you get into a Broadway show and it doesn’t work, you’re a failure. And if it does work, you may be stuck for who knows how long. It just doesn’t sound great to me!
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I don’t care who anybody sleeps with. If a couple has been together all that time – and there are gay relationships that are more solid than some heterosexual ones – I think it’s fine if they want to get married. I don’t know how people can get so anti-something.
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Animal lover that I am, a cougar I am not.
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When we started in television, there was that magic box in the corner of the room, and ‘Oh my gosh – look what it’s doing!’
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