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Inspirational Quotes by Ethel Merman
- Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.
- Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them
- 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
- In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me
- 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…
- I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old
- Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver
- Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist
- Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me
- I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano
- When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest
- I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird
- I take a breath when I have to.
- You'll never prove you're too good for a job by not doing your best.
- I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.
- Who's happy these days?
- 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.
- Everything's coming up roses - for me.
- I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films.
- Music, in the past few years... anything singable or understandable is square.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento