Quotes from Vicki Lawrence

We all have somebody that sits down at the Thanksgiving table and says the most outrageous things, and you're doin' the dishes with your sister, and you're like, 'Omigod, can you believe she said that?'

I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'

You are really nuts, you know it? One a these days they're gonna come over and just lock you up! You aren't playing with a full deck, Eunice. I think somebody blew your pilot light out. There's more. You know what? You got splinters in the windmill of your mind. You're playin hockey with a warped puck! I think you dine sprung a leak in your dingey....

Each day is a adventure. And remember, there are no endings... Only new beginnings.

I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'

Everybody has a dysfunctional family.

I feel it is time to lighten up and laugh about things and enjoy ourselves a little bit more.

A lot of the things that loved ones say to each other, friends would never accept.

When the opportunity came along to do 'Win, Lose or Draw,' I took it selfishly to find out if I did enjoy being me on camera. And I did that for the last two years I was doing 'Mama's Family.'

There's going to be a picture of 'Mama' on my obit.