Oscar Hammerstein II Quotes

Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

There is a very real relationship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of this world.

It is a modern tragedy that despair has so many spokesmen, and hope so few.

A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!

Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart, and you'll never walk alone, you'll never walk alone.

If you really believe in the brotherhood of man, and you want to come into its fold, you've got to let everyone else in, too.

You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?

Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart.

When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel so bad.

Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.

If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.

Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.

You've got to be taught to hate and fear.

For when I fool the people I fear, I fool myself as well.

Fish got to swim, birds got to fly I got to love one man till I die Can't help lovin' dat man of mine.

June is bustin' out all over.

These are a few of my favorite things.

The hills are alive with the sound of music, with songs they have sung for a thousand years.

Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger Across a crowded room.

The dearest things I know are what you are.

You can have fun with a son, But you got to be a father to a girl.

You've got to be taught to be afraid Of people whose eyes are oddly made, Of people whose skin is a different shade. You've got to be carefully taught.

Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.

Fish got to swim, birds got to fly.

I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm.

But I'm only a cockeyed optimist.

Berlin's great secret is that he says exactly what he means; sometimes he hits a gigantic line both musically and lyrically -- almost Wagnerian in its strength.

I'd let my golden chances pass me by.

There is nothing like a dame.

I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy

Hello, Young Lovers, Wherever You Are.

Oklahoma Where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain.

I'm as corny as Kansas in August.

Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City.

Sentiment has never been unpopular except with a few sick persons who are made sicker by the sight of a child, a glimpse of a wedding, or the thought of a happy home.

There is a very real relationship both quantitatively and qualitatively between what you contribute and what you get out of this world.