"This bikini made me a success."
- Ursula Andress
"Women shop for a bikini with more care than they do a husband. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow."
- Erma Bombeck
"A bikini is a thoughtless act."
- Esther Williams
"A bikini is not a bikini unless it can be pulled through a wedding ring."
- Louis Reard
"Since the beginning, the bikini has represented freedom, fun, and a sense of liberation."
- Malia Mills
"I’m not in my element standing around in a bikini in front of strangers. I never stand up in a bikini, even at the swimming pool. I feel like a normal person when it comes to things like that. I'm like any other girl who doesn't want to show her bottom."
- Elizabeth Hurley
"Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, 'I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I am going to snow anyway.'"
- Maya Angelou
"Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital."
- Aaron Levenstein
"At Sports Illustrated we would try on hundreds of bikinis. It's important to find one that complements your body and not try to fit into something that doesn’t work."
- Kathy Ireland
