Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.

- Esther Williams

It 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 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

Barely a teenager, Elizabeth Taylor was already more beautiful and voluptuous than Miss America. When she arrived at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for o…

- Esther Williams

The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.

- Esther Williams

My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minist…

- 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

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her firs…

- Esther Williams

I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers

- Esther Williams