“Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.”

“I was a very sad little girl.”

“Marriage is the hardest work you're ever going to do.”

“Actually, I had a lot of good people with me - my mother's sister did a lot of taking care of me, and I suppose I got more attention than my stepbrothers because at least I got to travel with my parents.”

“I love to prune my roses. That's the one thing I really feel I do pretty well. Other things I usually, because I travel so much, leave to my gardeners who know what I love. But I do love to prune them, because you forget everything else. It's like if you're a painter, you can forget everything else while you're doing it.”

“Whenever I think of my birthplace, Walton-on-Thames, my reference first and foremost is the river. I love the smell of the river; love its history, its gentleness. I was aware of its presence from my earliest years. Its majesty centered me, calmed me, was a solace to a certain extent.”

“On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter.”

“I had a lot of learning on my feet.”

“When I did 'The Sound of Music' and 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Americanization of Emily,' all three were in the can and had not yet been released. So I was driving around having a fine time learning about how to make movies and enjoying myself enormously, and then they were released, and it was quite an assault, in a way.”

“I did all of my learning on 'My Fair Lady.'”

“I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what it's all about.”