“At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up f…” — Ethel Merman

I take a breath when I have to.

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

As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand.

Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist.