Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Frank Loesser

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Frank Loesser.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Frank Henry Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and others. He won separate Tony Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows as well as shared the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the latter. He also wrote songs for over 60 Hollywood films and for Tin Pan Alley, many of which have become standards, and was nominated for five Academy Awards for best song, winning once for "Baby, It's Cold Outside".

American - Writer | June 29, 1910 - July 28, 1969

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Luck, be a lady tonight.

Frank Loesser

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

Frank Loesser

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

When you see a guy reach for stars in the sky You can bet that he's doing it for some doll.

Frank Loesser

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

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

Frank Loesser

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

A secretary is not a toy.

Frank Loesser

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

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

Frank Loesser

How beautiful the days, They come and go.

Frank Loesser

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

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

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