I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.

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.

Who ask don't getwho don't ask don't wantwho don't want don't getwho don't getdon't care

I can assure you that no string theorist would be interested in working on string theory if it were somehow permanently beyond testability. That would no longer be doing science.

The English dance unites the guests of an evening by the spell of rhythmical movement into a chance casual community.

Nobody tells you what you can and can't do.

God sees the secret springs of human action, and knows the hearts of all living.

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.

The Lord always shows you all the difficulties when He is going to do anything through you.

I think if you place Jesus firmly in the historical context... you can make very educated hypotheses and guesses about how he lived.

There are no liberals behind steering wheels.

The movement of the soul along the path of duty, under the influence of holy love to God, constitutes what we call good works.