Aunt Quote by Ethel Waters

Whenever I write for hotel reservations, I always enclose a set of rules I have made for the hotels.

— Ethel Waters

Today I blame only certain agents for my long eclipse as a public entertainer.

— Ethel Waters

I had always loved John Ford's pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He…

— Ethel Waters

All my life I've been prejudiced against wealthy people.

— Ethel Waters

The big compliment came from the beer drinkers who didn't know me. They wouldn't drink or move when I sang. If they had their…

— Ethel Waters

I was born out of wedlock. Nobody brought me up.

— Ethel Waters

I dressed plain, but my partners were always spending more money on clothes than I could afford.

— Ethel Waters

After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn't annoyed me when I…

— Ethel Waters

Many people know how to criticize, but few know how to praise.

— Ethel Waters

Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races.

— Ethel Waters

There is a great supply of amateur undertakers in show business.

— Ethel Waters

My father came back one day and forced my mother to submit to him. He raped her, holding a knife.

— Ethel Waters