"I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up with my dad, Danny Thomas, and George Burns and Bob Hope and Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and all those guys were at our house all the time and telling jokes and making each other laugh."

"When I look back at those pictures of my mother performing - and listen to her recordings - it makes me sad to think that all of that joy she found in her work came to an end. I wish she hadn't had to make that sacrifice, even if it was for the benefit of my father and siblings and me."

"I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life."

"One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man."

"I try to be a good human being and keep up with what's going on in the world by reading and staying in touch with the current events."

"Wisdom principle 24 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 2."

"There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words."

"Wisdom principle 80 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 7."