Jimmy Durante
James Francis “Jimmy” Durante was an American singer and movie icon, pianist, comedian and actor, whose distinctive gravel delivery, comic language butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and large nose – his frequent jokes about it included a frequent self-reference that became his nickname: "Schnozzola" – helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s.
“Did you ever get the feeling that you wanted to go,But still had the feeling that you wanted to stay,You knew it was right, wasn't wrong.Still you knew you wouldn't be very long.Go or stay, stay or go,Start to go again and change your mind again.It's hard to have the feeling that you wanted to go,But still have the feeling that you wanted to stay.Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, si, do.I'll go.I'll stay.”
Jimmy Durante
“Be nice to people on your way up becuase you meet them on your way down”
Jimmy Durante
“My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.”
Jimmy Durante