83 Quotes by Bea Arthur

You know, I spend most of my life turning things down. There’s a lot of crap out there.

But that’s one of the nice things about doing a stage show, if something doesn’t work out, you have the luxury of working on it over time.

I feel I’m an actress who sings a bit.

I can’t imagine working without and audience.

I was very shy and withdrawn as a child, but people know me as these assertive women. They are not me.

I can't imagine working without an audience.

These kids at the Ali Forney Center are literally dumped by their families because of the fact that they are lesbian, gay, or transgender - this organization really is saving lives.

Someone once accused me of trying to turn the sitcom into an art form, and I really believe that's what I was trying to do.

No fruit. No veggie.