I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes
Ethel MermanMom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.
Ethel MermanI remember Tallulah (Bankhead) telling of going into a public ladies' room and discovering there was no toilet tissue. She looked underneath the booth and said to the lady in the next stall, 'I beg your pardon, do you happen to have any toilet tissue in there?' The lady said no. So Tallulah said, 'Well, then, dahling, do you have two fives for a ten?'
Ethel Merman