Frank Loesser famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Luck, be a lady tonight.
-- Frank Loesser

#Luck #Tonight
I hear music Mighty fine music, The murmur of a morning breeze up there The rattle of the milkman on the stair Sure that's music...
-- Frank Loesser

#Morning #Stairs #Breeze
Oh! to be loved by a man I respect, To bask in the glow of his perfectly understandable neglect.
-- Frank Loesser

#Men #Neglect
A secretary is not a thing Wound by key, pulled by string. Her pad is to write in, And not spend the night in, If that's what you plan to enjoy.
-- Frank Loesser

#Writing #Night #Keys
What I really have a sense of dismay about is that there is a center of anything. I think maybe Cleveland can use one. Also possibly Los Angeles needs informed cultural guidance and a place to go get it. But not New York. New York is a center, a world's fair, and a den of thieves, and a house of miracles.
-- Frank Loesser

#New York #Thinking #House
You dogs are smart enough to know that worry is something you do with a bone, and let it got at that. Even Pavlov couldn't do any more than prove that your brain is in your gut--something that you knew all along.
-- Frank Loesser

#Dog #Smart #Worry
Me, I'm complicated. But it's a living, I tell myself. Also, every once in a long while this disease manages to produce a fine and beautiful truth--as (they say) some oyster illness makes the wondrously perfect pearl.
-- Frank Loesser

#Beautiful #Oysters #Long
How beautiful the days, They come and go.
-- Frank Loesser

#Beautiful #Comes And Goes
Somebody, somewhere Wants me and needs me And that's very wonderful to know.
-- Frank Loesser

#Needs #Want #Wonderful
A secretary is not a toy.
-- Frank Loesser

#Toys #Secretary
But more I cannot wish you Than to wish you find your love Your own true love this day.
-- Frank Loesser

#Love You #Wish #This Day
When you see a guy reach for stars in the sky You can bet that he's doing it for some doll.
-- Frank Loesser

#Stars #Sky #Guy
Brother, do you know a nicer occupation, Matter of fact, neither do I, Than standing on the corner Watching all the girls go by?
-- Frank Loesser

#Girl #Brother #Women
I string sounds together. But to string them I have to remember a bunch of old ones I heard somewhere and then juggle them into a new rhythm and shape.
-- Frank Loesser

#Together #Sound #Shapes

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