Oscar Hammerstein II > Quotes

“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!”
― Oscar Hammerstein

“Do I love you because you're beautiful, or are you beautiful because I love you? Am I making believe I see in you, a woman too perfect to be really true? Do I want you because you're wonderful, or are you wonderful because I want you? Are you the sweet invention of a lover's dream, or are you really as beautiful as you seem?”
― Oscar Hammerstein II, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Piano, Vocal and Guitar Chords

“There is a very real relationship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of this world.”
― Oscar Hammerstein II

“Do you love me because I’m beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?”
― Oscar Hammerstein II

“If you don't have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?”
― Oscar Hammerstein II

“Ol' man river,
Dat ol' man river
He mus'know sumpin'
But don't say nuthin',
He jes'keeps rollin'
He keeps on rollin' along.”
― Oscar Hammerstein II

“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.”
― Oscar Hammerstein II, Show Boat: Easy Piano

“I'm not going to run, I'm going to stand here and watch. Every blow will cut into my heart, and tell me who and what you are.”
― Oscar Hammerstein II

“The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.”
― Oscar Hammerstein

“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.”
― Oscar Hammerstein II

“The last time I saw Paris.
Her heart was warm and gay.”
― Oscar Hammerstein II

“I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn’t write anything without hope in it. ~ Oscar Hammerstein”
― Oscar Hammerstein

“I ain't sayin' I'm no better than anybody else, but I'll be damned if I ain't just as good!”
― Oscar Hammerstein II, Oklahoma!: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical (Applause Books)

“If some gentleman would talk with reason
I would cancel all next season.
Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't nothin' for a girl!”
― Oscar Hammerstein II

“A lady known as Paris, Romantic and Charming
Has left her old companions and faded from view
Lonely men with lonely eyes are seeking her in vain
Her streets are where they were, but there's no sign of her
She has left the Seine
The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay,
I heard the laughter of her heart in every street café

The last time I saw Paris, her trees were dressed for spring,
And lovers walked beneath those trees and birds found songs to sing.
I dodged the same old taxicabs that I had dodged for years.
The chorus of their squeaky horns was music to my ears.

The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay,
No matter how they change her, I'll remember her that way.
I'll think of happy hours, and people who shared them
Old women, selling flowers, in markets at dawn

Children who applauded, Punch and Judy in the park
And those who danced at night and kept our Paris bright
'til the town went dark.”
― Oscar Hammerstein II

“I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.”
― Oscar Hammerstein II, [(The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein )] [Author: Oscar Hammerstein II] [Dec-2009]

“You'll never walk alone! - Liverpool FC”
― Oscar Hammerstein II, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II