Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day.
Kathie Lee Gifford
I sang with Anita Bryant in the Southern Baptist churches.
Sexual harassment is complex, subtle, and highly subjective.
I felt no stigma whatsoever in becoming the third Mrs. Gifford.
God didn't bless me with success so I could eat caviar every day.
Life seemed so simple and joyous when I was growing up.
There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic.
A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations.
For many people religion can be so easy they stumble right over it.
Why do I pray? Because I never know what's going to pop out of my mouth.
Our culture is in moral chaos. On TV we celebrate freaks instead of honest, decent people.
I don't think Lloyd's of London would insure this mouth.
We heard stories about fakery and decoys at revivals. I never personally saw any trickery.
Other kids did drugs; I did crafts. I never knew where I fit in.
For every sleazeball in the business there are plenty of decent and wonderful people.
I did feel from day one that I was a born performer.
I hate politics, hate deals, and deal-making, hate meeting with attorneys and agents.
I once said the Queen of England could use some fashion advice.
I was told all my life I was part Cherokee. Then it was Crow. The latest is Blackfoot.
I wasn't ever interested in marrying someone else's career or bank account.
I would never want to hurt anyone by writing a book.
If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss.
If I'm in love I want to get married. That's how stupid I am.
It's no secret that I love to talk, but the real secret is I love to listen, too.
Mom thinks I live in this dream world where everybody's Ivana Trump.
Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar.
People were referring to me as the new Anita Bryant. Anita would get a little jealous.
The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine.
There were no bigger stars in the new evangelism than the Bakkers.
They don't call me spontaneous and irreverant for nothing.
To me an audition is 30 crazed people in a room waiting to be axed.
To this day I do not believe I'm great at anything.
We're imperfect people trapped in an imperfect world until we get to that place beyond.
When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe.
