I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.

Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.

Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in one form or another.

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.

There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.

I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.

My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.

after several months of probation work, standing on my feet some ten to twelve hours a day, I decided that as a nurse I was a pretty good entertainer.

I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.

And when all is said and done, there is no greater success in the world than just being happy.

Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.

Godliness must be presented with its profit and incentives, not only for the good of the nation and society, but of eternal value.

There are only two ways we can be beaten: we die or we give up. And we're not giving up.

Life is too short not to celebrate nice moments!

The work for the actor is always the same. We're looking for a human being. We're looking for believable human behavior.

Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!

Everybody exaggerates a little bit.

I just think a guy that knows how to play when you put him on a good team, he can be really good.

I wish that I myself did have faith in God, that I had a religion, sometimes. But not always.

Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.

Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but do not come to Church.