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Cole Porter
33 quotes
“What is this thing called love? This funny thing called love? Just who can solve this mystery? Why should it make a fool of me?”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) first seen 1929 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What Is This Thing Called Love?" from Wake Up and Dream (1929)
“If you want to buy my wares Follow me and climb the stairs … Love for sale.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) first seen 1930 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Love For Sale" in The New Yorkers (1930)
“Night and day, you are the one Only you beneath the moon Under the sun Whether near to me or far It's no matter, darlin', where you are I think of you night and day.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) first seen 1932 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Night and Day", in Gay Divorce (1932)
“There's an, oh such a hungry yearning burning inside of me.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) first seen 1932 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Night and Day" in Gay Divorce (1932)
“Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above. Don't fence me in. Let me ride through the wide open country that I love Don't fence me in Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees Send me off forever but I ask you please Don't fence me in”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) first seen 1934 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Don't Fence Me In" (1934) written for a never-released film Adios, Argentina, later used in the film Hollywood Canteen (1944).
“I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences Don't fence me in”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) first seen 1934 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Don't Fence Me In" (1934)
“What moments divine, what rapture serene.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) first seen 1935 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Begin the Beguine" in Jubilee (1935)
“Some Argentines, without means, do it, People say, in Boston, even beans do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The chimpanzees in the zoos do it, Some courageous kangaroos do it Let's do it, let's fall in love. I'm sure giraffes on the sly do it, Even eagles as they fly do it, Let's do it, let's fall in love.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In shallow shoals, English soles do it Goldfish in the privacy of bowls do it.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Electric eels I might add do it, Though it shocks 'em I know...”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world admits bears in pits do it, Even Pekingeses at the Ritz do it, Let's do it, let's fall in love.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you want a future, darling, Why don't you get a past?”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They say that spring Means just one thing To little lovebirds. We're not above birds, Let's misbehave.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They say that bears Have love affairs And even camels, We're merely mammals Let's misbehave.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I get no kick from champagne. Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all, So tell me why it should be true That I get a kick out of you?”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some get a kick from cocaine. I'm sure that if I took even one sniff That would bore me terrifically, too, Yet, I get a kick out of you.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You're the smile On the Mona Lisa.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In olden days a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking But now, Heaven knows, Anything goes.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Too bad, I'm no poet, I happen to know it, But anyway Here's a roundelay I wrote last night about you...”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ev'rything I Love" (1941)
“You are my fav'rite star, My haven in heaven above, You are ev'rything I love.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ev'rything I Love" (1941)
“Sad times May follow your tracks, Bad times May bar you from Saks, Add times When Satan in slacks Breaks down your self control...”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This rule I propose, Always have an ace in the hole. Always try to arrive at Having an ace some place private. Always have an ace in the hole.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You're the pain in my — The hurricane in my — Supersensitive heart, dear. Still I love you, I know, And the reason is merely because You irritate me so!”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Relax for a moment my Jerry Come out of your dark monastery While Venus is beaming above. Darling, let's talk about love.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You'd be so nice to come home to You'd be so nice by the fire...”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You'd be so nice, You'd be paradise To come home to and love.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It must be fun to be you And play with love as you do To treat each new romance As merely one more dance Or just another book to glance through It must be fun to acquire Whatever heart you desire, And when you're bored with it To tear it in two, It must be fun to be you.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Be a clown, be a clown, All the world loves a clown. Act the fool, play the calf, And you'll always have the last laugh.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) first seen 1946 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Be A Clown" (written in 1946)
“Wear the cap and the bells And you'll rate all the great swells. If you become a doctor, folks'll face you with dread. If you become a dentist, they'll be glad when you're dead. You get a bigger hand if you can stand on your head. Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Be the poor silly ass And you'll always travel first class. Give 'em quips, give 'em fun, And they'll pay to say you're A–1. If you become a farmer, you've the weather to buck. If become a gambler you'll be struck with your luck. But jack you'll never lack if you can quack like a duck. Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So kiss me Kate, Thou lovely loon, E'er we start on our honeymoon. Oh, kiss me, Kate, Darling devil divine, For now thou shall ever be mine.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source