Frank Sinatra Quotes

“Fear is the enemy of logic. There is no more debilitating, crushing, self-defeating, sickening thing in the world--to an individual or to a nation.”

“Hell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent.”

“If power doesn't mean that you have the opportunity to work with the people that you love , then you haven't really got any.”

“Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.”

“You may be a puzzle, but I like the way the parts fit.”

“Look down - look down that lonesome roadBefore you travel on”

“My greatest teacher was not a vocal coach, not the work of other singers, but the way Tommy Dorsey breathed and phrased on the trombone.”

“Bad reviews I've gotten never diminished the number of people in my audience; good reviews have never added to the number of people in my audience; be your own critic.”

“Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.”

“Fear is the enemy of logic.”

“Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.”

“For nobody else, gave me thrill-with all your faults, I love you still. It had to be you, wonderful you, it had to be you.”

“Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they even write it. And if I'm good, I know I'm good. I know best about myself, so a critic doesn't anger me.”

“A friend to me has no race, no class and belongs to no minority. My friendships were formed out of affection, mutual respect and a feeling of having something strong in common. These are eternal values that cannot be racially classified. This is the way I look at race.”

“Only sing - don't do cheap songs, don't do silly songs, just do, just do wonderful songs that are well-written.”

“The cigarettes you light one after another won’t help you forget her.”

“If I had done everything I'm credited with, I'd be speaking to you from a laboratory jar at Harvard.”

“It took me a long, long time to learn what I now know, and I don't want that to die with me.”

“The best is yet to come and won't that be fine.”

“As you may know, I have many good friends in the press who, unfortunately, have thus far refused to identify themselves and go public.”

“Dare to wear the foolish clown face.”

“(While accepting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award) I've been thinking about why you have to get famous to get an award for helping other people...If your name is John Doe, and you work night and day doing things for your helpless neighbors, what you get for your effort is tired. So, Mr. and Mrs. Doe, and all of you who give of yourselves, to those who carry too big a burden to make it on their own, I want you to reach out and take your share of this...Because if I have earned it, so too have you.”

“I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest.”

“You've got to be on the ball from the minute you step out into that spotlight. You gotta know exactly what you're doing every second on that stage, otherwise the act goes right into the bathroom. It's all over. Good night.”

“People who make a living off other people's fortunes or misfortunes are parasites.”