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.

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.

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.

Building a good relationship with ourselves is essential for inner fulfilment, especially when we run into a large reality gap.

Through democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of the government.

I would love to do something like 'Tosh.0,' where I host Internet clips. I did host 'Talk Soup,' which is similar. I love doing that, making fun of video clips on the Internet.

Sleepy Hollow had a lot of action in it, even though it was a fairy-tale movie.

Iraq's elite Republican Guard is doing so badly they're changing their name to the Democratic Guard.

You may fail to shine in the opinion of others, both in our conversation and actions, from being superior, as well as inferior to them.

How strange and how lovely it is to be anything at all.

The dollars aren't so important... once you have them.

There are laws of the universe and if you practice them they will respond to you.

Have you noticed the debt is exploding? And it's not all because of Medicare.