Betty White died Dec. 31, 2021, just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. Look back at her incredible life with this roundup of some of her best quotes, collected in honor of her 95th birthday in 2017.
Betty White is one of the most universally beloved celebrities out there. How beloved? Well, in the waning days of 2016, a few weeks before her 95th birthday, a group of concerned citizens started a GoFundMe to “protect” White from 2016 (a.k.a. the year we lost some amazing celebrities).
They needn’t have worried: White hit that milestone birthday with nary a hitch in her step, and in honor of that momentous occasion, we’re picking a few of her best quips, zingers and quotes to help celebrate.
“My answer to anything under the sun, like, ‘What have you not done in the business that you’ve always wanted to do?’ is: ‘Robert Redford.’ "
— onThe Insider
“Darling, you were supposed to explore the galaxy. Not fill it.”
—to William Shatner during his Comedy Central roast
“I’ve worked with quite a few. Maybehada couple. And you know who you are.”
— accepting her lifetime achievement awardat the 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards
“I’ve always liked older men. They’re just more attractive to me. Of course, at my age there aren’t that many left!”
—toParade
“Have I got them fooled.”
—on being referred to as “a legend,” to Joy Behar
“I’m a health nut. My favorite food is hot dogs with French fries. And my exercise: I have a two-story house and a very bad memory, so I’m up and down those stairs.”
—toThe New York Times
—to David Letterman
“Get at least eight hours of beauty sleep a night; nine if you’re ugly.”
“I love children, the only problem with children: they grow up to be people, and I just like animals better than people. It’s that simple.”
— in an interview withEntertainment Tonight
“I didn’t know what Facebook was and now that I do know what it is, it sounds like a huge waste of time … at my age if I want to connect with old friends, I need a Ouija board … In my day, seeing pictures of people’s vacations was considered a punishment.”
— from her 2010 opening monologue onSaturday Night Live
— to PEOPLE
“I married my first husband because we wanted to sleep together. It lasted six months and we were in bed for six months.”
—toAARP The Magazine
“You can lie to anyone in the world and even get away with it, perhaps, but when you are alone and look into your own eyes in the mirror, you can’t sidestep the truth. Always be sure you can meet those eyes directly.”
— from her book,If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t)
“It’s amazing—past a certain age, you can get away with murder. You can do anything and people will say, “Well, the poor old soul, she’s … you know …' "
— toHarper’s Bazaar
“Why do people say, ‘Grow some balls’? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding.”
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“[The] best thing about being in your 90s is you’re spoiled rotten. Everybody spoils you like mad and they treat you with such respect because you’re old. Little do they know, you haven’t changed. You haven’t changed in [the brain]. You’re just 90 every place else … Now that I’m 91, as opposed to being 90, I’m much wiser. I’m much more aware and I’m much sexier.”
“In my head, I’m the ultimate cougar. Animal lover that I am.”
— to Piers Morgan
“How do you feel about older women?”
— to Gerard Butler onThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
“Come on in, Betty. Here’s Allen.”
— on what she’d like to hear God say to her when she arrives in heaven, onInside the Actors Studio
source: people.com
