Top 40 Janice Dickinson Quotes

Mothers don’t let your daughters grow up to be models unless you‘re present.

Whatever it takes to make an individual feel better, I’m all for it.

I hike and make sure everything I eat is organic.

I’m not a good person to have as an enemy; say nice things about me.

My first job was for a blue jean company as a sitting model. I posed for 15 minutes and made $50. It was 1976.

I was Versace‘s muse, I was Valentino’s muse, I was Alaia’s muse, Lancetti’s muse, Calvin Klein’s, Halston’s. I could go on and on.

Money is like hormones. It’s just how you feel on any given day.

Self-help books are for the birds. Self-help groups are where it’s at.

But as a young model, I never felt as beautiful as I looked.

As the saying goes, I want to be the best-looking corpse there is.

Celebrity is hawking make-up, cars, everything; it’s shifted.

I’m a former bulimic myself and it’s a horrible, horrible addiction.

I’ve been the queen of dysfunction and made every mistake one can make.

I have to make sure I exercise and that the ingredients that go into my body are completely organic.

I grew up in an abusive home and was told on a daily basis by my father that I would never amount to anything and that I looked like a boy.

I’m probably the biggest reality television star living.

Back in the day I was doing runway, editorial, advertising, spokesmodeling, and public appearances. Those are five different categories.

The past explains how I got here, but the future is up to me – and I love to live life at full throttle.

I wish I’d gotten sober at a younger age.

In my day, I, being the first supermodel, I hawked everything.

I’m keeping my acerbic wit completely fueled.

I’ve sold everything from fashion, make-up, couture magazines, radio, reality television, movies. There isn’t a thing I haven‘t sold, including Tampax. You name it.

The industry has died as far as modeling has gone, and I’ll tell you why. Magazines are featuring the Halle Berrys and Sarah Jessica Parkers, all the actresses. Makeup companies are featuring all the celebrities. All the models have died.

Photo shoots for underage girls are like letting an ant walk around with honey.

I have been shaped by my mistakes and disappointments – just as I have been shaped by my successes.

I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample.

I was shaped by my mistakes.

I relax, meditate and do 80 minutes of yoga every day.

What’s my motto when it comes to money? Don’t put so much emphasis on it!

People identify with me – everyone does – African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I’m ethnic.

I was lusted after walking down the streets of New York.

Beauty opened all the doors; it got me things I didn’t even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn’t deserve.

Every six months I fly to Dallas to get botox and I also get collagen injections.

I’ve been fooling the public for years and I’m really good at it.

I’m the female Simon Cowell. He said I’m the scariest woman he’s ever met. I asked him why he never dated me, and he said I was too intimidating.

I have to wake up and drink chamomile tea to slow down.

And I will never, ever respond to anybody – man, woman, vegetable, or mineral – who tells me to keep my mouth shut.

I find the light and work it, work it, work it.

I borrow bits from everyone.

I’m addicted to cosmetic surgery!