Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.

As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.

My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.

Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.

I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.

An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise.

Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.