Ethel Merman was a famous Musician from USA, who lived between January 16, 1908 and February 15, 1984. He/she became 76 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac capricorn, who is known for Determination, Dominance, Perservering, Practical, Willful.
Our collection contains 44 quotes who is written / told by Ethel, under the main topic Wedding.
44 Famous quotes by Ethel Merman
"I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time"
"I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes"
"I don't like to read. The only things I read are gossip columns. If someone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures"
"Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them"
"Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice"
"Who's happy these days?"
"There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions"
"My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be"
"I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird"
"I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame"
"Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway"
"Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own"
"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"
"When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest"
"Legend has it that when God created me, he gave me a big distinctive voice, a lot of boldness and no heart"
"I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano"
"I was born in my parents' bedroom on January 16. The World Almanac says it was 1909. I say it was 1912. But what difference does it make as long as I feel 33?"
"I take a breath when I have to"
"I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films"
"I have plenty of invitations to go places, lots to do. If I'm not working, I go to have my hair taken care of and work at needlepoint"
"Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most"
"Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me"
"Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist"
"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"
"The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now"
"My career at Warner Brothers consisted of one musical short subject. I was running around in a bear skin. Very chic"
"I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals"
"I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me"
"I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words"
"At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped-and I haven't had a cigarette since"
"As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand"
"You gotta have a gimmick"
"When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales"
"Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver"
"I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old"
"I Got Rhythm really put me on the map"
"I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank"
"I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me"
"Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret"
"My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician"
"I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time"
"Everything's coming up roses - for me"
"At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first"
"In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me"
