Ethel Waters's Quotes

Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.

Ethel Waters

We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.

Ethel Waters

Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence.

Ethel Waters

Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me.

Ethel Waters

Mom never quit on me. My only regret is that she didn't live long enough to share some of the money and comforts my work in show business has brought me.

Ethel Waters

You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job right and your kids will love you.

Ethel Waters