#on

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

— Ethel Merman

#chase #hold #i #i can #long

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

#book #columns #gives #gossip #had

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

— Ethel Merman

#delivering #films #i #liked #performance

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? ↗

— Ethel Merman

#born #difference #does #feel #i

I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#cole porter #enough #first #five #george

I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#cover #honored #i #time

Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#four #i #marriages #only #regret

Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#deliver #had #i #once

Chicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America. ↗

— Charles Edward Merriam

#chicago #city #completely #corrupt #only

And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five. ↗

— James Merrill

#astonishing #become #external #five #his