Kathie Lee Gifford
Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar.Collection: Mom
Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day.Collection: Forgiveness
Mom thinks I live in this dream world where everybody's Ivana Trump.Collection: Mom
Sexual harassment is complex, subtle, and highly subjective.
We're imperfect people trapped in an imperfect world until we get to that place beyond.
I did feel from day one that I was a born performer.
The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine.
Life seemed so simple and joyous when I was growing up.
I hate politics, hate deals, and deal-making, hate meeting with attorneys and agents.
I sang with Anita Bryant in the Southern Baptist churches.
A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations.
For every sleazeball in the business there are plenty of decent and wonderful people.
For many people religion can be so easy they stumble right over it.
God didn't bless me with success so I could eat caviar every day.
I don't think Lloyd's of London would insure this mouth.
I felt no stigma whatsoever in becoming the third Mrs. Gifford.
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.
Other kids did drugs; I did crafts. I never knew where I fit in.
Our culture is in moral chaos. On TV we celebrate freaks instead of honest, decent people.
People were referring to me as the new Anita Bryant. Anita would get a little jealous.
There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic.
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 heard stories about fakery and decoys at revivals. I never personally saw any trickery.
When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe.
Why do I pray? Because I never know what's going to pop out of my mouth.
What most people perceive as energy is really strength of spirit. It comes from the joy of knowing God, loving Him, and being loved by Him.Collection: Knowing
Trust takes one second to lose and a lifetime to rebuild.Collection: Trust
If you settle for what you've got, you deserve what you get.Collection: Ambition
I'm not a fan of religion. Religion ties people up and binds them and puts them back in chains but faith - true relationship - releases us to be all what God ever intended us to be. That's what I'm interested in.Collection: Ties
No wonder women have achieved a more equal footing with men in areas they never fought for -- ulcers, hypertension, and heart attacks. We're racing around trying to be all things to all people, burdened by a brutal mix of ambition, anxiety, and guilt.Collection: Heart
I think sometimes the very reason we go through something is so that we can be empathetic with another person later on.Collection: Thinking
I'm post-menopausal. I have nothing but time. Post-menopausal do not sleep. You obviously don't know one. We get about three hours of sleep a night and the rest of the time we have to do something productive with our time.Collection: Sleep
Love someone too much to help them prevent making a mistake.Collection: Mistake
when you fall in love, you must fall in love with a man the way he is now, because marriage won't change anything, except maybe your tax deduction.Collection: Marriage
... humility + humor = humanity.Collection: Humility
If I prayed as much as I pluck, I'd be the Dalai Lama.Collection: Pluck
[On Regis Philbin:] He's like everybody's kid brother with his hand in the cookie jar and his foot in his mouth. You love him, but you can't take him anywhere.Collection: Brother
I believe it was Today show fourth-hour host Kathie Lee Gifford who said, 'If drag queens love you, you'll have the longest career in the world. They know phony and they know real.'Collection: Queens
Today we live in a cash-for-trash world. Anyone can stand up and say anything unkind, unfair or completely untrue about you, and then they are rewarded financially for it ... because life is unfair.Collection: Say Anything
Miracles is the sort of book that once you've read it you'll wonder where it's been all your lifeCollection: Book