I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.

Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most

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

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.

I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano

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

I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame