Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times.
RITA RUDNER I did six Broadway shows, and I noticed there weren't many female comedians. When I went to a da...
RITA RUDNER Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times.
RITA RUDNER I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and ...
RITA RUDNER I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
RITA RUDNER I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bo...
RITA RUDNER Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling t...
RITA RUDNER I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the re...
RITA RUDNER It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
RITA RUDNER Some women hold up dresses that are so ugly and they always say the same thing: 'This looks much...
RITA RUDNER I have too many credit cards. You know what happened? Someone stole one and I didn't notice. I n...
RITA RUDNER My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin ...
RITA RUDNER I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portra...
RITA RUDNER Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - they've experienced pain and bough...
RITA RUDNER You are always trying to please people before you get to the public whenever you do anything that re...
RITA RUDNER They usually have two tellers in my local bank, except when it's very busy, when they have one.
RITA RUDNER I get a lot of return business. I think it's all those years I put in traveling around the count...
RITA RUDNER I love to shop after a bad relationship. I don't know. I buy a new outfit and it makes me feel b...
RITA RUDNER There are different kinds of humor, some is sarcastic, some introspective. Introspective fit my pers...
RITA RUDNER Most turkeys taste better the day after, my mother's tasted better the day before.
RITA RUDNER My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this ...
RITA RUDNER Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it's quite the opposite: ...
RITA RUDNER My mother buried three husbands - and two of them were only napping.
RITA RUDNER When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.
RITA RUDNER I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain an...
RITA RUDNER I'm a very simple person. I'm very shallow. Shallow, simple, easily pleased: that's me.
RITA RUDNER We've begun to long for the pitter-patter of little feet - so we bought a dog. Well, it's ch...
RITA RUDNER The word 'aerobics' came about when the gym instructors got together and said: If we're ...
RITA RUDNER While I do occasionally order items on the Internet, it's hard to teach an old shopper new trick...
RITA RUDNER To attract men, I wear a perfume called 'New Car Interior.'
RITA RUDNER When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete a...
RITA RUDNER Men are self-confident because they grow up identifying with super-heroes. Women have bad self-image...
RITA RUDNER Barbie ruined my life! It's a really bad image for women. For a long time I thought I was deform...
RITA RUDNER My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our ...
RITA RUDNER My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn't want him to.
RITA RUDNER When I meet a man I ask myself, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?'
RITA RUDNER Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how ri...
RITA RUDNER Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them. My mother cleans them.
RITA RUDNER My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping.
RITA RUDNER My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and ...
RITA RUDNER Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.
RITA RUDNER In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk.
RITA RUDNER I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
RITA RUDNER I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits ...
RITA RUDNER I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.
RITA RUDNER I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest o...
RITA RUDNER I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine.
RITA RUDNER Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love, though I'd stepped in it a few times.
RITA RUDNER I want to have children, but my friends scare me. One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 ...
RITA RUDNER They usually have two tellers in my local bank, except when it's very busy, when they have one.
RITA RUDNER I suffer from peroxide phobia. Every time I've gotten near a blond woman, something of mine has ...
RITA RUDNER foreign to me, and it shows.
RITA RUDNER Men who consistently leave the toilet seat up secretly want women to get up to go the bathroom in th...
RITA RUDNER My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow.
RITA RUDNER To attract men, I wear a perfume called 'New Car Interior
RITA RUDNER The time you spend grieving over a man should never exceed the amount of time you actually spent wit...
RITA RUDNER I know I want to have children while my parents are still young enough to take care of them
RITA RUDNER My grandmother was a very tough woman. She buried three husbands and two of them were just napping.
RITA RUDNER When I eventually met Mr Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.
RITA RUDNER A good place to meet a man is at the dry cleaner. These men usually have jobs and bathe.
RITA RUDNER We've begun to long for the pitter-patter of little feet - so we bought a dog. Well, it's cheaper, a...
RITA RUDNER The word 'aerobics' came about when the gym instructors got together and said: If we're going to cha...
RITA RUDNER Men hate to lose. I beat my husband once at tennis. I asked him, "Will we ever make love again?" He ...
RITA RUDNER My mother's mother is a very tough cookie. She buried three husbands. Two of them were just napp...
RITA RUDNER I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and say to myself "well, that's...
RITA RUDNER I don't plan to grow old gracefully; I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet
RITA RUDNER Now that we've got the East-West All-Star game here, don't you think there's the possibility that so...
RITA RUDNER I admire the Pope. I have a lot of respect for anyone who can tour without an album.
RITA RUDNER My mother buried three husbands Ð and two of them were only napping.
RITA RUDNER Most turkeys taste better the day after, my mother's tasted better the day before
RITA RUDNER Marriages don't last. When I meet a guy, the first question I ask myself is: is this the man I want ...
RITA RUDNER A man will go to war, fight and die for his country. But he won't get a bikini wax.
RITA RUDNER It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
RITA RUDNER Never play peekaboo with a child on a long plane trip. There's no end to the game. Finally I grabbed...
RITA RUDNER It wasn't that no one asked me to the prom, it was that no one would tell me where it was
RITA RUDNER I love to shop after a bad relationship. I don't know. I buy a new outfit and it makes me feel bette...
RITA RUDNER Whenever I date a guy, I think, "Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?"
RITA RUDNER Some women hold up dresses that are so ugly and they always say the same thing: 'This looks much bet...
RITA RUDNER Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it's quite the opposite: A wo...
RITA RUDNER I never know what to get my father for his birthday. I gave him a hundred dollars and said, 'Buy you...
RITA RUDNER I have to visualise my jokes, live my jokes, feel the audience because every audience is different. ...
RITA RUDNER Marriages don't last. When I meet a guy, the first question I ask myself is: is this the man I w...
RITA RUDNER A man will go to war, fight and die for his country. But he won't get a bikini wax.
RITA RUDNER I found out I had a real love for comedy and comedy writing. The logic was, there weren't too ma...
RITA RUDNER I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it.
RITA RUDNER I don't do Jewish stuff because I don't want people to be left out. If I mention the Torah i...
RITA RUDNER I was in Boots buying contact lens solution, and my mobile went off. It was Jay-Z's partner at R...
RITA ORA The best thing Jay-Z ever taught me was patience.
RITA ORA When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings.
RITA DOVE Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy.
RITA MORENO It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.
RITA WARFORD I wore so much rubber when I was at MGM, I bumped into the wall once, and I ricocheted.
RITA MORENO The wonderful thing about cabaret is, you can do a lot of things you can't do in a concert. You ...
RITA MORENO I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have patter that was ...
RITA COOLIDGE If I could live in a cabaret, I would. If I could live in 'Moulin Rouge,' I would.
RITA ORA I walked into this industry blond with red lips, and I will leave this industry blond with red lips....
RITA ORA I'm happy to be part of this organization and I'm looking forward to watching the team grow and get ...
ADAM RITA It's not going anywhere right now.
ADAM RITA We're like the Mounties...we got our man. We believe with his versatility, Stokes can bring an added...
ADAM RITA He knows what has to happen for him to be on our team. Keith Stokes knows that now.
ADAM RITA There are guys out there and we'll find one.
ADAM RITA We're interested, but he wants more than we want to pay, that's the bottom line. That's the beauty o...
ADAM RITA We slapped him on (the list) when he was placed on suspension. But we understand he's going to the N...
ADAM RITA We had to send him back. His work visa was pending. He was on a temporary visa.
ADAM RITA I don't think his style has changed that much, but his emphasis has. The emphasis now is on him to b...
ADAM RITA It was mutual. He understood we're not going to use him unless we're in dire straits. Hopefully, he'...
ADAM RITA Maybe Elvis was inhibited by inbred religious prohibitions or an Oedipal complex, or maybe he simply...
RITA MORENO Money isn't everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen.
RITA DAVENPORT I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times th...
RITA MERO I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our li...
RITA DOVE My first American experience was in the harbor of New York City when I saw that amazing big, tall la...
RITA MORENO Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unho...
RITA COOLIDGE All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism.
RITA MORENO Know yourself; keep your circle tight. Keep your friends and your work circle tight.
RITA ORA I'm a night person. My best times are midnight to six, actually.
RITA DOVE There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.
RITA DOVE Girls have always wanted to be pretty, even in Egyptian times. Cleopatra wore all that eyeliner, you...
RITA ORA There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything...
RITA COOLIDGE I love getting dressed up and glamorous for the red carpet. It makes me feel powerful and sexy!
RITA ORA I loved being in the film called 'Carnal Knowledge' - the one with Jack Nicholson, which was...
RITA MORENO My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learn...
RITA DOVE Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleas...
RITA DOVE Madonna, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe - they were myths of greatness...
RITA ORA For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.
RITA DOVE I played a Siamese girl from Thailand. I played an Arabian girl. I did a lot of American Indians. I ...
RITA MORENO I have played Polynesian. I have played an Arabian girl. I played an East Indian girl. And what was ...
RITA MORENO I grew up in Ohio, where civil-rights accomplishments had already begun to accelerate before Martin ...
RITA DOVE I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens...
RITA DOVE Elvis was really sweet and kind of bashful, but he didn't have a whole lot to say.
RITA MORENO I was born in Puerto Rico - I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon. It's ...
RITA MORENO I used to do ballet all the time, and I do this ballet workout: it is an amazing thing called Barrec...
RITA ORA One time I tried to use the bathroom in the dark, and I missed the toilet, and I fell on the floor.
RITA ORA I'm a massive fragrance fan - I think fragrance is part of someone's hygiene, and I'm a ...
RITA ORA Women over 30 are usually somebody's mother in a 'Porky's' movie, being silly and be...
RITA MORENO I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on st...
RITA ORA For me, a fragrance is another way of leaving an impression on somebody.
RITA ORA If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face.
RITA MORENO I like having my picture taken and being a glamorous person. Sometimes when I find myself getting im...
RITA HAYWORTH Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.
RITA DOVE Before every show, I have to put perfume on. I know the crowd's not necessarily going to smell m...
RITA ORA Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today&...
RITA HAYWORTH 'Revolutionary Road' with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet absolutely destroys me. They we...
RITA MORENO It makes me furious to hear haters of all skin colors - especially Christian, Jewish, and Muslim fun...
RITA DOVE I am able to get up and dust myself off and keep moving forward. I'm very stubborn.
RITA MORENO The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for th...
RITA COOLIDGE I'm a huge Bruce Springsteen and Duran Duran fan.
RITA ORA There it was, hidden in alphabetical order.
RITA HOLT My idol when I was a kid was Elizabeth Taylor.
RITA MORENO She called Margaret Thatcher honey once and I'm sure that's never happened before or since.
RITA FORRESTER Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today'...
RITA HAYWORTH I never really thought of myself as a sex goddess; I felt I was more a comedian who could dance
RITA HAYWORTH Every man I knew went to bed with Gilda... and woke up with me.
RITA HAYWORTH After all, a girl is - well, a girl. It's nice to be told you're successful at it.
RITA HAYWORTH We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves.
RITA HAYWORTH All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved.
RITA HAYWORTH Music expresses - you express yourself with music.
RITA ORA Eyebrows are really important because they structure the face. In school it was funny because I was ...
RITA ORA I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when...
RITA DOVE Clothes are fun. The designers have so much fun making them, you should have fun wearing them, too.
RITA ORA To me, it doesn't matter who you are or where you're from - if you're a good person and ...
RITA ORA Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological ferv...
RITA DOVE When you engage your brain, it just keeps getting fatter and richer and wonderful.
RITA MORENO When I was nominated for the Oscar, I was absolutely positive that Judy Garland would win for 'J...
RITA MORENO I don't know what flirting is, really. Sometimes in women, friendliness comes across as flirting...
RITA ORA I am not exactly Mrs. Good Housekeeping, although I love to cook, bake, even iron, but only because ...
RITA MORENO My first tour sold out in Glasgow, and they were one of the loudest. I couldn't hear myself.
RITA ORA I love masculine cuts with suits and chunky jewellery. My hair is so glam, it balances it out, and i...
RITA ORA I live in the moment. The moment is the most important thing. That's my entire philosophy: Make ...
RITA MORENO The Greek side of me definitely loves a good meal, a lot of laughing, loud discussions.
RITA WILSON Money isn't everything… but it ranks right up there with oxygen.
RITA DAVENPORT We've had one practice. I gave them Saturday off. We're going to keep doing what we do. You don't ha...
RITA ATKINSON We need to be patient and move the ball well. We need balance with an inside-outside game. But if we...
RITA ATKINSON One of the reasons for our success this year is clearly that 13 kids came to practice every day and ...
RITA ATKINSON She said they're a perimeter team .... They're scrappy, and they push the ball up court on the fast ...
RITA ATKINSON I started it; I knew a landlord.
RITA ADAIR We know we need to take care of these people for a few months.
RITA ADAIR I had to make it happen, I had to do what I know best.
RITA ADAIR The system really blocked us big time, the government. It's been very difficult to knock down that d...
RITA ADAIR Things don't seem terribly different to me. In terms of client needs and resident needs, I don't see...
RITA ADAIR This is grass roots at its best. It's powerful stuff.
RITA ADAIR I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.
RITA DOVE I'm so damn lucky to still be here at 85. If I get a hangnail, I don't dare complain! Life i...
RITA MORENO Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.
RITA DOVE A steamer is like an inhaler, so you can inhale this oil or frankincense or eucalyptus. Before I go ...
RITA ORA I don't really have that many judgements on things, or crazy statements that I feel like I have ...
RITA ORA I think Jennifer Lopez is a phenom. And as far as I'm concerned, she's really a very smart b...
RITA MORENO Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning.
RITA COOLIDGE Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people...
RITA COOLIDGE I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record.
RITA COOLIDGE I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It&#...
RITA COOLIDGE I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.
RITA COOLIDGE I love performing for kids, but you can't play down to them, of course. Then it would be 'Ca...
RITA MORENO I don't really remember much about Kosovo. I only remember growing up in London, where my parent...
RITA ORA It just reeks around here and sometimes its unbearable.
RITA FAUGHN The biggest problem is the transportation of gasoline out of Gulf of Mexico. There are major pipelin...
RITA JOHNSON This is the major fund-raiser for our operating fund, and that supports the shelter and services, .....
RITA JOHNSON Participants are able to come by and stuff money into a jar that will be provided at each booth, and...
RITA JOHNSON There will be games for the kids, a blow-up bounce game and face painting,
RITA JOHNSON Lots of good stuff to bid on,
RITA JOHNSON This year's event is going to be much bigger and much improved, ... We're clicking right along. This...
RITA JOHNSON