Oscar Hammerstein II Quotes
"You've got to be taught to hate and fear."
- Oscar Hammerstein II
(Related: Fear, Hate)
"You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"
- Oscar Hammerstein II
(Related: Dream)
"What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he drowns."
- Oscar Hammerstein II
(Related: Man)
"There is nothin' like a dame."
- Oscar Hammerstein II
"The dearest things I know are what you are."
- Oscar Hammerstein II
"If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught."
- 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
(Related: Hope, Reality, Talk, Ugly, World)
"Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?"
- Oscar Hammerstein II
(Related: Love)
"Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star."
- Oscar Hammerstein II
(Related: Lovers)
"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 II
(Related: Love, Heart, Song)
"The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited."
- Oscar Hammerstein II
(Related: People, Want, Will)