“My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be.”

“My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be.”

“At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped - and I haven't had a cigarette since.”

“Everything's coming up roses - for me.”

“Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own.”

“The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.”