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
admit begin defending instead laughs minds
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.
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.
laughter laughing long
It dawned on me then that as long as I could laugh, I was safe from the world; and I have learned since that laughter keeps me safe from myself, too.
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!
morning children couple
At four o'clock in the morning most people have been asleep for hours, but at four o'clock in the morning the night-club children of a few years ago were just getting hot. The band jazzed at full blast. The air was so thick you could pick it up in handfulls and through it around like snowballs. The dance-floors were crowded with couples who couldn't do anything but wiggle hips and feet.
song each-day ifs
Now you know that you can't go wrong... If you start each day with a song.
funny hate dumb
I hate music, especially when it's played.
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.