Friday 15 June 2007

Danny Kaye Quotes

A jester unemployed is nobody's fool! ~ The Court Jester

I was playing part of stable boy. It was in great Chekov tragedy. It was beautiful. Everybody died. I also played part in great Chekov comedy. Everybody died. But they died happy.

I wasn't born a fool. It took work to get this way.

If you're not cooking with joy, happiness and love, you're not cooking well.

I'm proud to recall that at no time at all and with no other recourses but my own resources, with firm application and determination... I made a fool of myself!

Let me remind you that all's well that ends ... (pause)... Well?

Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.

My father always had a fear of high altitudes. He'd get a nose bleed every time he stood on a thick carpet . ~ The Danny Kaye Show

Bing Crosby : When are you going to learn that girls like that are a dime a dozen? Danny Kaye: Please, don't quote me the price when I haven't got the time. ~ White Christmas

You bet I arrived overnight. Over a few hundred nights in the Catskills, in vaudeville, in clubs and on Broadway.

You'd be surprised how many kings are only a queen with a mustache. ~ Hans Christian Andersen

Your small minds are musclebound with suspicion. That's because the only exercise you ever get is jumping to conclusions. ~ The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

You've got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mr. In-Between. ~ The Danny Kaye Show

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