Best 16 quotes of Doris Roberts on MyQuotes

Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else.

I don't give in, I don't give up, I don't take no for an answer.

If someone is mean, harmful, or evil, they're out of my life. I cross them out.

I'm learning something all the time. That's the way I want it to go, and that's the way I'll go until I am no longer on this planet.

In Puppies Behind Bars, when the puppy is eight weeks old it is given to an inmate. The inmate is responsible for the dog.

I think women are taught to ask permission about everything. We don't realize that we are entitled and we do have a say in our lives.

It's okay to look back, just don't stare.

I used to sit near Marilyn Monroe in the Actor's Studio. She'd get dressed up because that was her identity. Sad. Those cameras wouldn't leave her alone. She didn't know where to hide.

My awards are lovely. I love to show them of.

The minute you're born, you're getting older.

There's no magazine you open, unless its AARP, that shows a woman over the age of 45 in any other light, other than having to buy Depends or Viagra.

When I go, if there's a tombstone it will say, She doesn't give in. She doesn't give up. And she never takes no for an answer.

When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on.

With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.

You can call me an older woman - I don't mind that at all - just don't call me an old one, because I'm not.

You can't show me an ad on TV with hard bodies and say I have to buy that car. You have to tell me why that car is better and safer than another car.