No one can avoid a challenge in life without breeding regret, and regret is the arsenic of life.
Esther WilliamsTraveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.
Esther WilliamsIt appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious
Esther WilliamsBarely a teenager, Elizabeth Taylor was already more beautiful and voluptuous than Miss America. When she arrived at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for our magazine shoot, I was bowled over. I couldn't believe she was only fourteen. She filled out a swimsuit better than I did. We did the pictures, including one shot of me teaching her to float. With that superstructure of hers, she floated just fine. What she couldn't do was sink.
Esther Williams