"Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most." ― Ethel Merman Topic(s): Respect More From Ethel Merman "Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced." "I wouldn’t change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes." "I wouldn’t trust any man as far as you can throw a piano." More In Respect "A lot of my friends are gangsters. Not like gangsters – well, yeah, all sorts of levels of criminality – but not the types that are preying on innocent people. I have no interest in the type of criminality that has no respect for collateral damage."― Charlie Hunnam "I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right."― Nina Bawden "I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can’t be like any other author’s really."― Paul Kane