Esther Williams Quotes
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Esther Williams Quotes & Sayings
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Esther Williams? Wet, she's a star. Dry, she ain't.
— Fanny Brice
The whole Esther Williams of it all. The ostrich ballet. Like pirouetting feather dusters; their paddle feet in fourth position.
— Durga Chew-Bose
I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood.
— Esther Williams
Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.
— Esther Williams
Everything about my teenage life was almost ideal.
— Esther Williams
I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies.
— Esther Williams
Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.
— Esther Williams
Which Esther Williams do you want to hear about?
— Esther Williams
I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.
— Esther Williams
I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers.
— Esther Williams
No one had ever done a swimming movie before so we just made it up as we went along. I ad-libbed all my own underwater movements.
— Esther Williams
We can't all win Olympic medals. Even I never won one.
— Esther Williams
Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.
— Esther Williams
The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.
— Esther Williams
By the time I got home at night, my eyes were so chlorinated I saw rings around every light.
— Esther Williams
I think it's so funny when people think they can't control a movie star. They can. We're just women, you know.
— Esther Williams
Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues.
— Esther Williams
With two little boys in diapers, I had to keep it simple if I were going to have a life at all.
— Esther Williams
What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things.
— Esther Williams
No one can avoid a challenge in life without breeding regret, and regret is the arsenic of life.
— Esther Williams
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.
— Esther Williams
The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages.
— Esther Williams
The animus is symbolized by male figures appearing in a womans dreams and fantasies, as a husband, son, father, lover, Prince Charming.
— Esther Williams
Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen.
— Esther Williams
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.
— Esther Williams
I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit.
— Esther Williams
I like sunny stories. You know, my favorite girls in the '50s were Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, and Esther Williams.
— Edward Herrmann
I gave my eardrums to MGM. And it's true: I really did.
— Esther Williams