“During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.” FriendshipEconomyGrewAssociationVentureClose FriendshipOnassis Author:Paul Getty
“Aristotle Onassis rescued me at a moment when my life was engulfed with shadows. He brought me into a world where one could find both happiness and love. We lived through many beautiful experiences together which cannot be forgotten, and for which I will be eternally grateful.” WorldMomentsTogetherBeautifulShadowAnd LoveGratefulForgottenHappiness And LoveBeautiful ExperiencesOnassis Author:Jackie Kennedy
“I didn't really know anything about Margot Fonteyn. I'd never really been a ballet child, so I had no idea what an incredibly huge icon she was, not just in terms of a creative icon - she was also a style icon. I had no idea she was up there with Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Onassis in terms of that kind of image.” KnowsKindChildrenIdeasTermCreativeStyleHugeNo IdeaBalletIconsJackieHepburnAudreyStyle IconsOnassis Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I've lost Onassis.” FirstsLostVoiceLossWeightOnassis Author:Maria Callas
“Greek shipowners like to boast, 'I bought ships at the bottom of the market, and now they're worth ten times as much.' It goes back to the days of Onassis and Niarchos competing with each other over who had the biggest fleet, the biggest yacht and the most famous girlfriend.” WealthTenBottomShipsGreekGirlfriendCompetingBoastYachtOnassis Author:Stelios Haji-Ioannou
“There is no such thing as a good paparazzo. A good paparazzo, that's a paparazzo who has had his camera broken. In fact, they are bandits, thieves of photography. (Statement after photographs were published showing Jackie Onassis sunbathing nude.)” FactsBrokenPhotographyCamerasPhotographStatementsThievesJackieBanditsSunbathingOnassis Author:Federico Fellini
“The main difference for the history of the world if I had been shot rather than Kennedy is that Onassis probably wouldn't have married Mrs Khrushchev.” IfsWorldDifferencesMarriedShotsWorld HistoryOnassis Author:Nikita Khrushchev
“I wrote a book called ‘Dancing The Dream’. It was more autobiographical than Moonwalk, which I did with Mrs. Onassis. It wasn’t full of gossip and scandal and all that trash that people write, so I don’t think people paid much attention to it, but it came from my heart. It was essays, thoughts and things that I’ve thought about while on tour” PeopleThinkingWritingHeartBookDreamAttentionMy HeartPaidDancingGossipEssaysScandalTrashOnassis Author:Michael Jackson
“You think when Jesus comes back, he really wants to see a cross? That's like going up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pendant on.” ThinkingWantJesusReligiousCrossesRiflesJackiePendantsOnassis Author:Bill Hicks
“Onassis was a man who loved to walk, to walk and talk, and he was the kind of man who doesn't go to sleep at night-he talks and talks.” MenKindNightSleepWalksGoing To SleepOnassis Author:Pierre Salinger
“As a kid I would be put to bed when my parents had guests and because I was such a show-off I would go to my mum's room, put on her nightdress and Jackie Onassis shawl, run downstairs, go outside, ring the doorbell and pretend to be one of the guests. I'd say, 'Hello, I'm Mrs. So-and-So.” ShowsWould BeRunningKidsParentRoomsBedRingsGuestsMumHelloShowing OffJackieOnassis Author:Rupert Everett