Billy Rose Quotes

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

  Billy Rose

  Money, Needs

  The New York Post, October 26, 1957.

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

  Billy Rose

  Bows, Praise, Chips

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• Me and my shadow Strolling down the avenue Oh, me and my shadow Not a soul to tell our troubles to And when it's twelve o'clock we climb the stairs We never knock 'cause nobody's there Just me and my shadow All alone and feeling blue

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  Blue, Soul, Feelings

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• 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

  Billy Rose

  Song, Men, Ends

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

  Billy Rose

  Believe, Moon, Sea

  "It's Only a Paper Moon" (song) (1933). Cowritten with E. Y. Harburg.

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

  Billy Rose

  War, Men, Thinking

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

  Billy Rose

  Atoms, Bombs, Plant

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