I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame
Ethel MermanMy beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be
Ethel MermanThe only things I read are gossip columns. If I read three pages of a book, I'm out like a light. When I pick up the book again, I've forgotten what I've read and have to start over again. By page three, even if I've just awakened from a nine -hour nap, I fall asleep again. So if anyone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures.
Ethel Merman