Ethel Merman

Everything's coming up roses - for me.

As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand.

Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.

When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.

To keep the business going, you gotta keep it boomin'.