Frank Loesser Quotes

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I'd love to get you on a slow boat to China,
All to myself, alone.
Get you and keep you in my arms evermore,
Leave all your lovers weeping on the far away shore.

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
A: I play it the company way
Where the company puts me, there I'll stay.
b: But what is your point of view?
a: I have no point of view!
Supposing the company thinks…I think so too!

Frank Loesser
Finally found a fellow
He says 'Murder!' – he says!
Every time we kiss he says 'Murder!' – he says!
Is that the language of love?

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

Frank Loesser
The producer orders a certain title.
The musical director orders a certain rhythm.
The dance director orders a certain number of bars.
And the composer orders a certain number... of aspirin.

Frank Loesser
When you meet a gent Paying all kinds of rent For a flat That would flatten the Taj Mahal Call it sad, call it funny, But it's better than even money That the guy's only doin' it for some doll.

Frank Loesser
Here we are,
Out of cigarettes,
Holding hands and yawning,
Look how late it gets.
Two sleepy people, by dawn's early light,
And too much in love to say "Good night."

Frank Loesser
No, they've got no time for glory in the Infantry.
No, they've got no use for praises loudly sung,
But in every soldier's heart in all the Infantry
Shines the name, shines the name of Rodger Young.

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
I love you,
A bushel and a peck,
A bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck.
Hug around the neck and a barrel and a heap,
Barrel and a heap and I'm talking in my sleep.

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

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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
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
And we'll all stay free.

Praise the Lord and swing into position
Can't afford to sit around a-wishin'
Praise the Lord, we're all between perdition
And the deep blue sea.

Frank Loesser
Isn't it grand! Isn't it fine! Look at the cut, the style, the line!
The suit of clothes is altogether, but altogether it's altogether
The most remarkable suit of clothes that I have ever seen.

Frank Loesser
See what the boys in the back room will have
And tell them I'm having the same.

Frank Loesser
Ask me how do I feel,
Ask me now that we're cozy and clinging.
Well, sir, all I can say is,
If I were a bell I'd be ringing.

Frank Loesser
I've got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle,
As I go riding merrily along.
And they sing, "Oh, ain't you glad you're single?"
And that song ain't so very far from wrong.

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

Frank Loesser
On the island of New Georgia in the Solomons,
Stands a simple wooden cross alone to tell
That beneath the silent coral of the Solomons,
Sleeps a man, sleeps a man remembered well.

Frank Loesser