Oscar Hammerstein II Quotes

A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!
Oscar Hammerstein II

Love, Heart, Give

I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.
Oscar Hammerstein II

Hope, Beautiful, Important

Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.
Oscar Hammerstein II

Work, Peace, Victory

Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?
Oscar Hammerstein II

Love, Beautiful

Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.
Oscar Hammerstein II

Brave, Young, Star

You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?
Oscar Hammerstein II

True, Dream, Gonna

If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.
Oscar Hammerstein II

Teacher, Become, Taught

The dearest things I know are what you are.
Oscar Hammerstein II

The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.
Oscar Hammerstein II

Show, Number, Unlimited

There is nothin' like a dame.
Oscar Hammerstein II

What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he drowns.
Oscar Hammerstein II

Sometimes, Thinks, Swim

You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
Oscar Hammerstein II

Fear, Hate, Taught

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: July 12, 1895

Died: August 23, 1960

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