Betty White

I'm a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.

— Betty White

When I realized I could use Facebook as a way to communicate directly with my fans, I thought it would be a…

— Betty White

Facebook just sounds like a drag, in my day seeing pictures of peoples vacations was considered a punishment

— Betty White

Literally it’s the precise moment when dog doo turns white, but in general it refers to the type of person you don’t…

— Betty White

A lady likes to be complimented on her looks, her eyes, her figure. But the personality comments are much appreciated.

— Betty White

I'm having the time of my life and the fact that I'm still working - how lucky can you get? I'm 90…

— Betty White

We didn’t have Facebook in my day, we had a phone book but you wouldn’t waste an afternoon on it

— Betty White

I think everybody needs a passion. Whether it's one passion or a hundred, that's what keep life interesting.

— Betty White

I think we're losing our sense of humor instead of being able to relax and laugh at ourselves. I don't care whether…

— Betty White

I love words. Sudoku I don't get into, I'm not into numbers that much, and there are people who are hooked on…

— Betty White

I enjoy being busy, I really do. Remember, I'm the stub end of the railroad. I have no family, so I'm not…

— Betty White

I had to make a major decision with myself because I just don't think you can do both: try to have a…

— Betty White

I won't do anything that is connected with drugs. I've seen drugs ruin so many people's lives. I don't think there's anything…

— Betty White

I don't care who anybody sleeps with. If a couple has been together all that time - and there are gay relationships…

— Betty White

Long ago, I did a five-and-a-half-hour-a-day, six-day-a-week talk show for four years, early on, in Los Angeles - local show. And when…

— Betty White

I get a lot of mail, but I can stack those in stacks and throw this stack out without answering, and then…

— Betty White

When I started in television, it was brand new. It was the miracle over in the corner of your room. Now the…

— Betty White

My blessing is I'm blessed with good health. If I weren't feeling good or if I didn't have the energy, then it's…

— Betty White

The audience today has heard every joke. They know every plot. They know where you're going before you even start. That's a…

— Betty White

I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing. If…

— Betty White

I am the luckiest old broad on two feet if the truth were known. It's - but it all goes back to…

— Betty White

During the Depression, my dad made radios to sell to make extra money. Nobody had any money to buy the radios, so…

— Betty White

As the years went on, the audience has become very jaded. They've heard every joke, they've seen every story line, they know…

— Betty White

It’s [old age] not a surprise, we knew it was coming – make the most of it. So you may not be…

— Betty White

Of course, nobody's tearing my door down. If you're successful you're going to intimidate and scare off the people you'd like to…

— Betty White

If everyone took personal responsibility for their animals, we wouldn't have a lot of the animal problems that we do. I'm a…

— Betty White

I was an only child and I had a mother and father who were just - there wasn't a straight man in…

— Betty White

You know what the problem that animal activists sometimes have? They only concentrate on the heartbreaking things to the point where the…

— Betty White

I think a handwritten letter - a lot of guys don't realize what that means. It's those little romantic touches that tell…

— Betty White

I happen to be blessed with loving what I do for a living. I love acting and I'm so fortunate to be…

— Betty White

Those that just talk are also the ones that say, 'Why don't they do this?' and 'Why don't they do that?' Well,…

— Betty White

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…

— Betty White

If you have one good series, you know, it's a blessing. Two good series is unusual. Three is a phenomenon, but right…

— Betty White

Don't try to be young. Just open your mind. Stay interested in stuff. There are so many things I won't live long…

— Betty White

Snow always inspires such awe in me. Just consider one tiny snowflake alone, so delicate, so fragile, so ethereal. And yet, let…

— Betty White

Humor is like music. It's a rhythm, and you just kind of get the rhythm of it, and you have to know…

— Betty White

I think the best kind of comedy is the least self conscious. I think if you just sort of let the comedy…

— Betty White

I cannot stand the people who get wonderful starts in show business and who abuse it. Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen, for…

— Betty White

My mother and dad were big animal lovers, too. I just don't know how I would have lived without animals around me.…

— Betty White

I love straight-face comedy or relatively subtle comedy. And then I turn around and I find myself doing very broad comedy but…

— Betty White