I ask the Lord in Heaven above / What is this thing called Love? Cole Porter More Quotes by Cole Porter More Quotes From Cole Porter Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes. Cole Porter humorous change funny Be like the bluebird who never is blue, For he knows from his upbringing what singing can do Cole Porter singing passion blue Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it; let's do it, let's fall in love. Cole Porter bird love fall All the inspiration I ever needed was a phone call from a producer. Cole Porter phone-calls phones inspiration Night and day you are the one, Cole Porter wedding moon night My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. ... (when asked who wrote 'Some Enchanted Evening') Rodgers and Hammerstein, if you can imagine it taking two men to write one song. ... Good authors, too, who once knew better words now use only four-letter words writing prose. ... Brush up your Shakespeare and they'll all kowtow. Cole Porter inspiration writing song 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? Cole Porter thrill alcohol wine 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 . Cole Porter world-love play laughing Sad times May follow your tracks, Bad times May bar you from Saks, Add times When Satan in slacks Breaks down your self control. Cole Porter track self add You all have learned reliance Cole Porter learning teaching science Every time I look down on this timeless town Whether blue or gray be her skies. Whether loud be her cheers or soft be her tears, More and more do I realize: I love Paris in the springtime. I love Paris in the fall. I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles, I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles. I love Paris every moment, Every moment of the year. I love Paris, why, oh why do I love Paris? Because my love is near. Cole Porter cheer summer fall a college education I would never propose - a bachelor's degree won't even keep you in clothes Cole Porter clothes degrees college He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie. Cole Porter sister hair may I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop But if baby I'm the bottom, you're the top. Cole Porter checks wrecks baby I've got you deep in the heart of me. Cole Porter heart In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking. Now, Heaven knows, anything goes. The world has gone mad today, and good's bad today, and black's white today, and day's night today. Cole Porter mad white night My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. Cole Porter telephones inspiration directors Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above. Don't fence me in. Let me ride through the wide open country that I love Don't fence me in Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees Send me off forever but I ask you please Don't fence me in Cole Porter land sky country I love Paris in the summer, when it sizzles. Cole Porter paris summer travel What moments divine , what rapture serene. Cole Porter serenity moments divine
