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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
My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. -- Cole Porter
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences Don't fence me in -- Cole Porter
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
All the world loves a clown. -- Cole Porter
If you ever feel so happy you land in jail, I'm your bail. -- Cole Porter
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
Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose ... anything goes. -- Cole Porter
Be like the bluebird who never is blue, For he knows from his upbringing what singing can do -- Cole Porter
A college education I would never propose - a bachelor's degree won't even keep you in clothes -- Cole Porter
You all have learned reliance
On the sacred teachings of Science,
So I hope, through life, you will never decline
In spite of philistine Defiance
To do what all good scientists do.
Experiment.
Make it your motto day and night.
Experiment.
And it will lead you to the light. -- Cole Porter
Brush up your Shakespeare,
Start quoting him now,
Brush up your Shakespeare
And the women you will wow. -- Cole Porter
The world admits bears in pits do it, Even Pekingeses at the Ritz do it, Let's do it, let's fall in love. -- Cole Porter
Night and day, you are the one. -- Cole Porter
It was great fun, But it was just one of those things. -- Cole Porter
I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop But if baby I'm the bottom, you're the top. -- Cole Porter
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
He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie. -- Cole Porter
Something that simply mystifies me. -- Cole Porter
What moments divine , what rapture serene. -- Cole Porter
All the inspiration I ever needed was a phone call from a producer. -- Cole Porter
If you want to buy my wares
Follow me and climb the stairs ...
Love for sale. -- Cole Porter
I love Paris in the summer, when it sizzles. -- Cole Porter
Who wants to be a millionaire? And go to ev'ry swell affair? -- Cole Porter
Let's Do It; Let's Fall in Love. -- Cole Porter
Some Argentines, without means, do it, People say, in Boston , even beans do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love . -- Cole Porter
Most gentlemen don't like love, they just like to kick it around. -- Cole Porter
Live and let live, be and let be, Hear and let hear, see and let see ... Live and let live and remember this line: 'Your bus'ness is your bus'ness and my bus'ness is mine.' -- Cole Porter
Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it; let's do it, let's fall in love. -- Cole Porter
The chimpanzees in the zoos do it, Some courageous kangaroos do it Let's do it, let's fall in love. I'm sure giraffes on the sly do it, Even eagles as they fly do it, Let's do it, let's fall in love. -- Cole Porter
Nobody wants to phone me,
Even collect. -- Cole Porter
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? I don't. -- Cole Porter
There's an, oh such a hungry yearning burning inside of me. -- Cole Porter
In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking but now, God knows, anything goes. -- Cole Porter
Don't hit the person across from you with bits of toast, And don't, when dinner is nearly through, say 'Who's the host' It isn't done. -- Cole Porter
Night and day you are the one,
Only you beneath the moon and under the sun. -- Cole Porter
This rule I propose, Always have an ace in the hole. Always try to arrive at Having an ace some place private . Always have an ace in the hole. -- Cole Porter
I don't know anyone who sits down to write a song hit except Irving Berlin. He can't help writing hits. -- Cole Porter
I ask the Lord in Heaven above / What is this thing called Love? -- Cole Porter
I've got you deep in the heart of me. -- Cole Porter