Asking me what I think of Oscar (Hammerstein) is like asking me what I think of the Yankees, Man o' War and Strawberry Sundaes.

Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs repainting.

It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow.

Without a song the day would never end Without a song the road would never bend When things go wrong a man ain't got a friend Without a song

Say, it's only a paper moon, Sailing over a cardboard sea, But it wouldn't be make believe, If you believed in me.

If the Russians ever decide to atom bomb us, they're certain to drop an especially large one on the plant in Pleasantville.

Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs repairing.

You got a harem of seventy girls you don't get to know any of them very well.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back

You love your child for who the child is, not as an extension of your identity or as an example of your good parenting or even as a companion.

Between whom there is hearty truth there is love.

As a seer, I naturally can see the evolutionary potential of a being. But the potential will not necessarily be actualized. A particular being will not necessarily realize their full height.

I didn't need it [formal training], because I've got the best taste in the world.

Eccentricity: strength of character doubling back on itself.

The way I see it, the impossible happens all the time; but we're so good at taking it for granted, we forget it was once impossible.

You never know how you look through other people's eyes.

... on every important issue life transcends logic and it is folly to depend on reason alone.

Imagine the talented love-child of Andr Previn and Lucille Ball.