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" I'm afraid to go to sleep; I don't like to lose control of myself. I don't like chauffeurs, either. I like to be in charge of my own destiny. "

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" I feel that my ideas of beauty have been given very strong backing by Botticelli and a few others: Slender hands, long neck, long limbs - look at Nefertiti. She was very teensy-weensy with a long neck and wide-spaced eyes. "

" We couldn't afford to move, so we decided to start up a model agency. "

" I really prefer light-eyed models, They photograph more easily. Of course, I come from a light-eyed background, so maybe that influenced my taste. "

" I don't think of people as black or white. It's a question of are they photogenic or not? I don't think anyone says, 'Let's book her. She's black.' I think they say, 'Let's book her. She's good.' We've come that far. "

" None of the people I grew up with had identity problems. We all had perfectly marvelous lives. "

" Jerry didn't know he wanted to get married until he was married. "

" I never worry about fat people worrying about thin people, because slender people bury the dead. "

" Our business was built on trust. "

" I had a nice, pert nose but a plain round face and a mop of curly brown hair. That was not the photograph of a successful model. "

" You never know when or where you will find the next new model, but you can bet someone from Ford Models will be looking. "

" My family believed I could do no wrong. That's probably why I have utter confidence in myself even when I shouldn't have. "

" I live in a wonderful world of make-believe. A world of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. A world of Winnie the Pooh and Edward Bear. Things like that. Wonderful things. Funny things. "

" Models are a business, and they have to treat themselves as a business, which means they have to take care of themselves and give up all the young joys. "

" Most models are emotionally abandoned. They need me. I'm their mother. "

" Grace Kelly was a very commercial model; she had no interest in being a fashion model. None at all. "

" Most of our models have just walked in off the streets, although I also find them on countless trips to Europe - particularly Scandinavia. I operate by instinct. It's a process I cannot explain, but the prettiest girl on the block is not always the best model. "

" I can't add above 10, I can't draw a stick figure, and I'm tone deaf. So I had to be able to do something. I found that something was picking successful models. "

" I create a look, and I create a style. "

" I got everything I wanted from my parents: Brooks Brothers sweaters and Spalding saddle shoes. "

" The horrible thing about being me is that I have a very good eye about what people look like. Even me. "

" I interview about three thousand models yearly, and I must see almost 20 tons of excess avoirdupois annually. "

" I see girls that I know - I absolutely know - will be star models within just a matter of weeks, and they always are. "

" I suppose you could say that I majored in men and minored in psychology. "