Quotes By Oscar Hammerstein II

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.

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

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!

The dearest things I know are what you are.

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.

There is nothin' like a dame.