Jimmy Durante Quotes

Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down.
Jimmy Durante

My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.
Jimmy Durante

All of us have schnozzles . . . if not in our faces, then in our character, minds or habits. When we admit our schnozzles, instead of defending them, we begin to laugh, and the world laughs with us.
Jimmy Durante

Me and my big mouth! I’d get rid of it, only it’s such a handy place to keep my teeth.
Jimmy Durante

My nose isn’t big. I just happen to have a very small head.
Jimmy Durante

Now you know that you can’t go wrong...If you start each day with a song.
Jimmy Durante

Ladies and Gentlemen, you are under no obligation to laugh. However, if you don’t, we have a brand new audience warming up in the basement.
Jimmy Durante

I hate music, especially when its played.
Jimmy Durante

My wife has a slight impediment in her speech - every now and then she stops to breathe.
Jimmy Durante