43 Quotes by Doris Roberts

I'm not a Southerner but, my God, my soul is, I think.

I'm from New York. I have a big mouth, and I hope we raise lots of money tonight and, more than that, the spirit of Mississippi because that has to happen. We have to bring it all back together again and feel it rising again.

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

Everybody’s a teacher if you listen.

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.

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.

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

Don’t let a suitcase filled with cheese be your big fork and spoon.

Love them for who they are, and what they are they are; they are not you. Good stuff, isn’t it? You have to live 73 years to get that.