Lorenz Hart Quotes & Sayings

Falling in love with love
Is falling for make-believe. — Lorenz Hart

I'm a great believer in conversational rhythm. I think in terms of rhythmic dialogue. It's so easy, you can talk naturally. It's like peas rolling off a knife. Take the great screen actors and actresses, Bette Davis, Eddie Robinson, Jimmy Cagney, Spencer Tracy. They all talk in rhythm. And rhythm and movement are the life of the screen. — Lorenz Hart

Painters of paintings, writers of books, never could tell the half. — Lorenz Hart

Hate California
it's cold and it's damp. — Lorenz Hart

The lovely loving and the hateful hates. — Lorenz Hart

Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true. — Lorenz Hart

When love congeals It soon reveals The faint aroma of performing seals, The double-crossing of a pair of heels. I wish I were in love again! — Lorenz Hart

I get too hungry for dinner at eight. I like the theater, but never come late. I never bother with people I hate. That's why the lady is a tramp. — Lorenz Hart

How we love sequestering, where no pests are pestering. — Lorenz Hart

Blue Moon,
You saw me standing alone,
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own. — Lorenz Hart

I took one look at you That's all I meant to do And my heart stood still. — Lorenz Hart

Once I laughed when, I heard you saying
that I'd be playing, solitaire,
uneasy in my, easy chair.
It never entered my mind.

Once you told me, I was mistaken,
that I'd awaken, with the sun
and order orange juice for one.
It never entered my mind.

You have what I lack myself
and now I even have to scratch my back myself.

Once you warned me that if you scorned me
I'd sing the maiden's prayer again
and wish that you were there again
to get into my hair again.
It never entered my mind.
— Lorenz Hart

Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I. — Lorenz Hart