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

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.

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.

When you're out of sight for as long as I was, there's a funny feeling of betrayal that comes over people when they see you again.

I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true.

If you become aware of a public self, you're in danger of becoming a very artificial person.

Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality.

A big difference exists between trying to manipulate God to give us what we want and cooperating with God so He can give us what He wants.

Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.

I've had great success in everything I've done.

Terrific minds focus on tips; average minds go over activities; little minds talk about people today.

The democratic aspiration is no mere recent phase in human history. It is human history.

Persistence is the quality of winners. Successful people never, never give up.

It's all in the art. You get no credit for living.