Bea Arthur

“Some people have a phobia of flying. I have a phobia of boring.”

“I was a shy, shy child. I was not a natural performer. I don't know how I got into this.”

“I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is.”

“I'm 5-feet-9, I have a deep voice, and I have a way with a line.”

“Let's be honest. I've never been the ingenue. I've never been the girl next door.”

“It's a wonderful, progressive, grown-up thing to be able to enjoy feeling you're a part of what's happening in the world, and I think a lot of women said, 'At last, somebody is speaking for me.'”

“I have a great many regrets, but I'm not going to think of them. To err is human, but to forgive is divine.”

“All of my friends were finding their husbands and leaving me behind. I was the last of my friends to get married.”