Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante
James Francis "Jimmy" Durantewas an American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor. His distinctive clipped gravelly speech, New York accent, comic language butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He often referred to his nose as the Schnozzola, and the word became his nickname...
Jimmy Durante quotes about
blood covered
When I got through with him, he was all covered wit' blood, my blood
inspirational funny marriage
My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.
leave-me-alone hell
Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone.
inspirational home men
Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is.
character laughing mind
All of us have schnozzles... if not in our faces, then in our character, minds or habits. When we admit our schnozzles, instead of defending them, we begin to laugh, and the world laughs with us.
book relaxation red
What did Napolean do for relaxation? He read a book. What did Lincoln do for relaxation? He read a book. What does Congress do for relaxation? They book a red.
bitterness want gumdrops
Everybody wants to get into the act!
depression holes dictionary
What's a depression? The dictionary says a depression is a dent. And what's a dent? Everybody knows a dent is a hole. And what's a hole? You tell me what's a hole! And I'll tell you that a hole is nothin'!
comedian radio developing
Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.
noses portraiture bigs
My nose isn't big. I just happen to have a very small head.
conditions
That's the conditions that prevail!
men animal humanity
Man is the only animal that can be skinned more than once.
awful gonna meet nice
Be a awful nice to 'em goin' up, because you're gonna meet 'em all comin' down