Billy Rose quotes

Billy Rose quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs repainting.”
-- Billy Rose

Source : The New York Post, October 26, 1957.

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“It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow.”
-- Billy Rose

#Bows Quotes #Praise Quotes #Chips Quotes
“Say, it's only a paper moon, Sailing over a cardboard sea, But it wouldn't be make believe, If you believed in me.”
-- Billy Rose

Source : "It's Only a Paper Moon" (song) (1933). Cowritten with E. Y. Harburg.

#Believe Quotes #Moon Quotes #Sea Quotes
“Asking me what I think of Oscar (Hammerstein) is like asking me what I think of the Yankees, Man o' War and Strawberry Sundaes.”
-- Billy Rose

#War Quotes #Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes
“Without a song the day would never end Without a song the road would never bend When things go wrong a man ain't got a friend Without a song”
-- Billy Rose

#Song Quotes #Men Quotes #Ends Quotes
“Me and my shadow Strolling down the avenue Oh, me and my shadow Not a soul to tell our troubles to And when it's twelve o'clock we climb the stairs We never knock 'cause nobody's there Just me and my shadow All alone and feeling blue”
-- Billy Rose

#Blue Quotes #Soul Quotes #Feelings Quotes
“If the Russians ever decide to atom bomb us, they're certain to drop an especially large one on the plant in Pleasantville.”
-- Billy Rose

#Atoms Quotes #Bombs Quotes #Plant Quotes

“I can make more generals, but horses cost money.”
“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.”
“Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.”
“No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.”
“A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist.”
“Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.”

Source : Alan Ayckbourn (1988). “The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays”, p.9, Grove Press
“Read. As much as you can. As deeply and widely and nourishingly and Âirritatingly as you can. And the good things will make you remember them, so you won't need to take notes.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction" by A.L. Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.
“Birth is a shadow. Courage, self-sustained, outlords succession's phlegm, and needs no ancestors.”
“Opportunity lives at the intersection of what people need tomorrow and can be just barely built today.”

Source : Twitter post from May 08, 2013
“Innovation is hard because solving problems people didn't know they had & building something no one needs look identical at first.”

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