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

I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time

Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions

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

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.

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.