You'll never prove you're too good for a job by not doing your best.

[Cole Porter] sang like a hinge.

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

Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.

I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes

I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words.

There have been people who have tried to take advantage of me. They want to be linked to me just because I'm Ethel Merman.