Ethel Merman Quotes

Everything's coming up roses - for me.
Ethel Merman

Valentine's Day, Everything, Coming

Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own.
Ethel Merman

Wedding, Christmas, Eyes

At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first.
Ethel Merman

Head, Market, Jewelry

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.
Ethel Merman

Remember, Afraid, Here

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.
Ethel Merman

Easter, Time, Give

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

Fire, Give, Old

I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes.
Ethel Merman

Life, Change, Mistakes

I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano.
Ethel Merman

Trust, Far, Piano

If I feel in need of sleep, I just open a book or turn on the television. Both are better than any sleeping pill.
Ethel Merman

Sleep, Book, Both

When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales.
Ethel Merman

Deep, Sometimes, Conflict

Who's happy these days?
Ethel Merman

Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them.
Ethel Merman

Laugh, While, Audience

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

Person, Understand, Far

Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.
Ethel Merman

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

Reputation, Worldwide, Cole

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

Goes, Four, Hits

Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most.
Ethel Merman

War, Respect, Hero

I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words.
Ethel Merman

Angry, Care, Words

I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me.
Ethel Merman

Today, Few, Popular

I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.
Ethel Merman

Long, Hold, National

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.
Ethel Merman

Someone, Gossip, Book

I Got Rhythm really put me on the map.
Ethel Merman

Put, Rhythm, Map

I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old.
Ethel Merman

Time, Old, Somebody

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.
Ethel Merman

Work, Care, Working

I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films.
Ethel Merman

Person, Control, Films

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: January 16, 1908

Died: February 15, 1984

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