"I think the legacy that I'll leave is just a great entertainer, and that's what I want to be remembered as, a great entertainer."

“Anytime you try to be a loving person, you're doing your part to save the world.”

“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”

“Crisis or transition of any kind reminds us of what matters most. In the routine of life, we often take our families-our parents and children and siblings-for granted. But in times of danger and need and change, there is no question that what we care about most is our families! It will be even more so when we leave this life and enter into the spirit world. Surely the first people we will seek to find there will be father, mother, spouse, children, and siblings.”

“Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think.”

Source : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1854). “The Works of Henry W. Longfellow”

“Personally I have never found the practice of recreational drug use appealing. In fact, I have always found the lifestyle and the people who surround it to be abhorrent.”

“I never worked with a stinker. How great is that!”

Source : "Exclusive interview: Mitzi Gaynor recalls 'South Pacific'" by Eddy Friedfeld, www.cinemaretro.com.

“As if a woman of education bought things because she wanted 'em.”

Source : Sir John Vanbrugh (1989). “Four comedies”, Penguin Books

“I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.