Gloria Swanson

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.

Because I take care of my body, it doesn't look like the body of a woman of my years.

I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance.

Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy.

I became a fanatic about healthy food in 1944.

I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.

If you're 40 years old and you've never had a failure, you've been deprived.

When I die my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills.

If I look like this I need the trip.

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.

Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by the simplest of such injunctions.