101 Quotes by Ethel Waters

Only those who are being burned know what fire is like.

Many people know how to criticize, but few know how to praise.

I am somebody cause God don't make no junk

Whenever I write for hotel reservations, I always enclose a set of rules I have made for the hotels.

The first time I sang after my throat operation was one of the tensest times of my life. But my voice proved to have a clearer tone than ever before.

I am somebody cause God don’t make no junk.

I wanted to be with the kind of people I’d grown up with, but you can’t go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try.

All my life I’ve been prejudiced against wealthy people.

We miss a lot in life because we don’t know when to quit, what to leave out.