All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House. |
We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him. |
You can be in this business 50 years and still not know anything about it. |
What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent. |
The ultimate mystery is one's own self. |
There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity. |
I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt. |
Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt. |
There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time. |
I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me. |
I don't have many easy songs. |
I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding. |
When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call me Uncle Sammy. |
A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made. |
My home has always been show business. |
The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it. |
I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there. |
I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking a break from clubs was to be missed-not forgotten. |
Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens. Topics: Show Business |
To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death. |