Oscar Hammerstein II's 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!

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.

Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.

Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.

If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.

You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?

The dearest things I know are what you are.

The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.

There is nothin' like a dame.

What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he drowns.

You've got to be taught to hate and fear.