Frank Loesser Quotes

• 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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• How beautiful the days, They come and go.

  Frank Loesser

  Beautiful, Comes And Goes

  Frank Loesser (2003). “The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• Somebody, somewhere Wants me and needs me And that's very wonderful to know.

  Frank Loesser

  Needs, Want, Wonderful

  Frank Loesser (2003). “The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• 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

  Frank Loesser (1982). “The Guys and dolls book”

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• 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

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• Oh! to be loved by a man I respect, To bask in the glow of his perfectly understandable neglect.

  Frank Loesser

  Men, Neglect

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• 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

  Frank Loesser (2003). “The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• 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, Miracle

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• Luck, be a lady tonight.

  Frank Loesser

  Luck, Tonight

  Title of song (1950)

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• But more I cannot wish you Than to wish you find your love Your own true love this day.

  Frank Loesser

  Love You, Wish, Wish You

  Frank Loesser (2003). “The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• A secretary is not a toy.

  Frank Loesser

  Toys, Secretary

  Frank Loesser (2003). “The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• 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

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• 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

  Frank Loesser (2003). “The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• 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

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