George M. Cohan Quotes

• I don't care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell my name right.

  George M. Cohan

  Names, Long, Care

  Quoted in John McCabe, George M. Cohan (1973)

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• Don't tell 'em - SHOW 'em!

  George M. Cohan

  Ems, Shows

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• You're a grand old flag! You're a high-flying flag, And forever in peace may you wave. You're the emblem of the land I love, The home of the free and the brave. Ev'ry heart beats true 'Neath the Red, White and Blue,' Where there's never a boast or brag. But should auld acquaintance be forgot, Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

  George M. Cohan

  Heart, Eye, Home

  "Song: You're a Grand Old Flag". 1906.

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• Ladies and gentlemen, my mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you!

  George M. Cohan

  Movie, Thank You, Mother

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• As a composer I could never find use for over 4 or 5 notes in any musical number, and as a playwright most of my plays have two acts because i couldn't think of an idea for the third act.

  George M. Cohan

  Thinking, Play, Ideas

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• Hurried and worried until we're buried, and there's no curtain call, Lifes a very funny proposition after all.

  George M. Cohan

  Worried, Buried, Curtain Call

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• Whatever you do kid, always serve it with a little dressing.

  George M. Cohan

  Kids, Theatre, Littles

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• Ev'ry heart beats true 'neath the Red, White and Blue

  George M. Cohan

  4th Of July, Heart, Blue

  "You're a Grand Old Flag" by George M. Cohan, 1906.

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• I don't care what they call me as long as they mention my name.

  George M. Cohan

  Names, Long, Care

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• I can write better plays than any living danced, and dance better than any living playwright.

  George M. Cohan

  Writing, Play, Playwright

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