Even though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I could make it.

What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things.

The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.

I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air

Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.

Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.

I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers

My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward.

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.

No one can avoid a challenge in life without breeding regret, and regret is the arsenic of life.

Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.

I don’t trust anybody. Not anybody. And the more that I care about someone, the more sure I am they’re going to get tired of me and take off.

Writing is the neck muscle allowing us to see the important stuff in our periphery.

I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.

No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.

We must purposefully create a life of gratitude if we want to be fully alive.

Maturity is when you're able to say, 'It's not just them. It's me.'

Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.

It seems to me that President Carter has earned his place as if not the worst president in history, the worst president of the 20th Century.

I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.

As per the age-old Customs and Central Excise Rules 1967, a person is allowed to carry only Rs 20,000 worth of gold.