Top 50 Quotes by Ethel Merman

My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be.

I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

I've never cooked. I can't do much more in the kitchen than make a cup of tea and some toast.

Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist.

My career at Warner Brothers consisted of one musical short subject. I was running around in a bear skin. Very chic.

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?

Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me.

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

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.

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.