“Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise.”

“I'd like to add her initial to my monogram...”

“Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky... Nice work if you can get it And you can get it -- if you try.”

“The way you wear your hat, The way you sip your tea, The mem'ry of all that -- No, no! They can't take that away from me!”

“If you'll promise not to cry, Baby,I will kiss you by-and-by—Maybe!Though you're six feet three,You will always beNothing but a Baby, dear, to me.”

“The future of this nation, with the present generation, You must admit is nothing but a joke”

“If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so merry,It's just because I'm so misunderstood.When I was young I ate a dictionary,And that did not do me a bit of good.For I've absorbed so many words and phrases—They drive me dizzy when I want to speak.I start explaining but each person gazesAs if I spoke in Latin or in Greek.”