“Talent is only a starting point in business. You’ve got to keep working that talent.”

After you get what you want you don’t want it.

There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.

When I’m worried and I can’t sleep I count my blessings instead of sheep.

Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.

Popular music is popular because a lot of people like it.

The song is ended, but the melody lingers on.

Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I’d like to express my thanks – I’ve got the sun in the mornin’ and the moon at night.

A patriotic song is an emotion and you must not embarrass an audience with it, or they will hate your guts.

Music is so important. It changes thinking, it influences everybody, whether they know it or not. Music knows no boundary lines.

Gos bless America, my home sweet home.

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success.

Heaven… I’m in heaven, and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.

The world would not be in such a snarl, had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl.

All alone by the telephone.

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, Just like the ones I used to know, Where the tree tops glisten And children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow.

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

Drama rarely follows people who mind their business.

The person who insists on using yesterday’s methods in today’s world won’t be in business tomorrow.

A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.