Quotes by Kathie Gifford

• A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations.
• To me an audition is 30 crazed people in a room waiting to be axed.
• I don't think Lloyd's of London would insure this mouth.
• The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine.
• When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe.
• We're imperfect people trapped in an imperfect world until we get to that place beyond.
• Why do I pray? Because I never know what's going to pop out of my mouth.
• To this day I do not believe I'm great at anything.
• People were referring to me as the new Anita Bryant. Anita would get a little jealous.
• They don't call me spontaneous and irreverant for nothing.
• There were no bigger stars in the new evangelism than the Bakkers.
• 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 did feel from day one that I was a born performer.
• We heard stories about fakery and decoys at revivals. I never personally saw any trickery.
• I was told all my life I was part Cherokee. Then it was Crow. The latest is Blackfoot.
• I once said the Queen of England could use some fashion advice.
• I sang with Anita Bryant in the Southern Baptist churches.
• There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic.
• I felt no stigma whatsoever in becoming the third Mrs. Gifford.
• 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.
• Sexual harassment is complex, subtle, and highly subjective.
• Life seemed so simple and joyous when I was growing up.
• Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar.
• Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day.
• Mom thinks I live in this dream world where everybody's Ivana Trump.
• 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.
• It's no secret that I love to talk, but the real secret is I love to listen, too.