"The Wisdom Of Supermodels" joke

ON COURAGE: "They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have to be so brave. See, every woman hates herself from behind." -- Cindy Crawford

ON SELF-KNOWLEDGE: "Everywhere I went, my cleavage followed. But I learned I am not my cleavage." -- Carole Mallory

ON POVERTY: "Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery." -- Beverly Johnson

ON FATE: "I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face that." -- Christie Brinkley

ON ARRIVING: "Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take." -- Kathy Ireland (star of Alien From L. A. and Danger Island)

ON CAREER CHOICES: "My boyfriend thinks I lost my true calling to be a librarian." -- Paulina Porizkova

ON PRIORITIES: "I would rather exercise than read a newspaper." -- Kim Alexis

ON GEOPOLITICS: "Mick Jagger and I just really liked each other a lot. We talked all night. We had the same views on nuclear disarmament." -- Jerry Hall

ON INNER STRENGTH: "I love the confidence that makeup gives me." -- Tyra Banks

ON DEATH: "Richard (Gere) doesn't really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I can't help it." -- Cindy Crawford

ON TRAVEL: "I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care." -- Tyra Banks

ON BREAKTHROUGHS: "Once I got past my anger toward my mother, I began to excel in volleyball and modeling." -- Gabrielle Reece

ON EPIPHANY: "I just found out that I'm one inch taller than I thought." -- Christie Brinkley

ON HEREDITY: "My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him,' What if she's ugly? You're ugly.'" -- Beverly Johnson

ON THE BASICS: "It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your workout." -- Cheryl Tiegs

ON INTRODUCTIONS: "I think most people are curious about what it would be like to be able to meet yourself -- it's eerie." -- Christy Turlington

ON COURTSHIP: "The soundtrack to' Indecent Exposure' is a romantic mix of music that I know most women love to hear, so I never keep it far from me when women are nearby." -- Fabio

ON THE CONSERVATION OF MATTER: "I've looked in the mirror every day for 20 years. It's the same face." -- Claudia Schiffer

ON TRAGEDY: "The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles -- but I had on thick tights underneath." -- Naomi Campbell

ON SURVIVAL: "If I'm making a movie and get hungry, I call time-out and eat some crackers." -- Carol Alt

ON THE CASTE SYSTEM: "We're not Prince Charles and Princess Di. We don't think of ourselves as royalty. We happen to be working people." -- Christie Brinkley

ON OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS: "I tried on 250 bathing suits in one afternoon and ended up having little scabs up and down my thighs, probably from some of those with sequins all over them." -- Cindy Crawford

ON THINKING: "When I model I pretty much blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work." -- Paulina Porizkova

ON LOGIC: "I think if my butt's not too big for them to be photographing it, then it shouldn't be too big for me." -- Christy Turlington

ON BODY PARTS: "I don't know what to do with my arms. It just makes me feel weird and I feel like people are looking at me and that makes me nervous." -- Tyra Banks

ON BODY LANGUAGE: "You can usually tell when I'm happy by the fact that I've gained weight." -- Christy Turlington

ON DEPRIVATION: "If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would work out all the time." -- Linda Evangelista

ON VERSATILITY: "I can do anything you want me to do so long as I don't have to speak." -- Linda Evangelista

ON THE GRIEF PROCESS: "When my Azzedine jacket from 1987 died, I wrapped it up in a box, attached a note saying where it came from and took it to the Salvation Army. It was a big loss." -- Veronica Webb

ON VENGEANCE: "Girls are always getting mad at each other and they tell their hairdresser to purposely mess up another girl's hair." -- Tasha

ON MOTIVATION: "It was kind of boring for me to have to eat. I would know that I had to, and I would." -- Kate Moss

ON ECONOMICS: "I don't wake up for less than $10, 000 a day." -- Linda Evangelista