Quotes from Ethel Merman

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

Everything's coming up roses - for me.

[Cole Porter] sang like a hinge.

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.

When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest.

You'll never prove you're too good for a job by not doing your best.

I mentioned that I was thinking of getting out of the business after Call Me Madam. I thought maybe I should become a homebody.

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.