I learned early in life not to judge others. We outcasts are very happy and content to leave that job to our social superiors.
Ethel WatersAmong Negroes it is a bad omen when someone knocks on the door of a house where a person has died.
Ethel WatersI have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.
Ethel WatersThe white audiences thought I was white, my features being what they are, and at every performance I'd have to take off my gloves to prove I was a spade.
Ethel Waters