87 Quotes by Mary Tyler Moore

There’s one beneficial effect of going to Moscow. You come home waving the American flag with all your might.

And I came close to losing a part of my foot on two occasions. I hope I’m consistently lucky and that the next time I develop a blister or step on something sharp, that I don’t go as far as I did on those two times.

I feel about my dogs now, and all the dogs I had prior to this, the way I feel about children – they are that important to me. When I have lost a dog I have gone into a mourning period that lasted for months.

But I’m very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them.

Lou Grant was pretty much always Lou Grant.

I still feel as if I weren’t a good enough mother. I didn’t break any rules.

The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They’re superficial and I like articulate comedy.

I’ve had the fame and the joy of getting laughter – those are gifts.

And the sculptor woman was so clever in the way she did it. She had the beret just about to leave my hand. So it’s attached to this finger and that’s what will keep it there. And I’m looking up at it, so there’s no question but that that beret is going to fly.