Now what kind of an attitude is that, 'These things happen?' They only happen because this whole country is just full of people who, when these things happen, they just say, 'These things happen,' and that's why they happen! We gotta have control of what happens to us.

Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them

I have plenty of invitations to go places, lots to do. If I'm not working, I go to have my hair taken care of and work at needlepoint

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time

Be yourself -- it's the one thing you can do better than anyone else.

I mentioned that I was thinking of getting out of the business after Call Me Madam. I thought maybe I should become a homebody.

Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me