Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist

At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first.

I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me

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.

I've never cooked. I can't do much more in the kitchen than make a cup of tea and some toast.

Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions

Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.

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

I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes

Let us, with songs of praise, embrace the sacred year.

If our faith isn’t rooted in the Bible, it will wither like a plant pulled out of the soil.

Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.

Being happy is not the only happiness.

The divine process of change manifests itself to our human understanding . . . as punishment, torment, death, and transfiguration.

Where there's no mutual respect, there's trouble!

The one sure way to success is to know everything you can about what you do.

In terms of the spaceship Earth, the wrong crew is in command, and it’s time for a mutiny.

Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands.

Music is like my security blanket.