Cole Porter quotes

Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose - Anything goes. (Cole Porter)
Some Argentines, without means, do it, People say, in Boston, even beans do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love. View quote
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I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences Don't fence me in. View quote
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The chimpanzees in the zoos do it, Some courageous kangaroos do it Let's do it, let's fall in love. I'm sure giraffes on the sly do it, Even eagles as they fly do it, Let's do it, let's fall in love. View quote
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Be a clown, be a clown, All the world loves a clown. Act the fool, play the calf, And you'll always have the last laugh . View quote
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In olden days a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking But now, Heaven knows, Anything goes. View quote
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Sad times May follow your tracks, Bad times May bar you from Saks, Add times When Satan in slacks Breaks down your self control. View quote
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I get no kick from champagne. Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all. So, tell me why should it be true, that I get a kick out of you? View quote
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If you want to buy my wares Follow me and climb the stairs... Love for sale. View quote
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What moments divine, what rapture serene. View quote
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The world admits bears in pits do it, Even Pekingeses at the Ritz do it, Let's do it, let's fall in love. (Cole Porter)
There's an, oh such a hungry yearning burning inside of me. View quote
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This rule I propose, Always have an ace in the hole. Always try to arrive at Having an ace some place private. View quote
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You'd be so nice, You'd be paradise To come home to and love. View quote
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You'd be so nice to come home to You'd be so nice by the fire... View quote
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If you want a future, darling, Why don't you get a past? View quote
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Electric eels I might add do it, Though it shocks 'em I know... View quote
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Too bad, I'm no poet, I happen to know it, But anyway Here's a roundelay I wrote last night about you... View quote
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Relax for a moment my Jerry Come out of your dark monastery While Venus is beaming above. Darling, let's talk about love. View quote
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You're the smile On the Mona Lisa. View quote
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You're the pain in my - The hurricane in my - Supersensitive heart, dear. Still I love you, I know, And the reason is merely because You irritate me so! (Cole Porter)
In shallow shoals, English soles do it Goldfish in the privacy of bowls do it. View quote
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They say that bears Have love affairs And even camels, We're merely mammals Let's misbehave. View quote
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You are my fav'rite star, My haven in heaven above, You are ev'rything I love. View quote
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Some get a kick from cocaine. I'm sure that if I took even one sniff That would bore me terrifically, too, Yet, I get a kick out of you. View quote
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