We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can.
Ethel WatersI've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow.
Ethel WatersSomehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me.
Ethel WatersI found that a couple of bottles of beer would give me a lift, but the third bottle would sober me up.
Ethel Waters