Frank Sinatra Quotes

“ I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me. Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I’m a boudoir singer.”

“A friend is never an imposition.”

“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.”

“A simple 'I love you' means more than money.”

“A well-balanced girl is the one who has an empty head and a full sweater.”

“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.”

“All day long, they lie in the sun, and when the sun goes down, they lie some more.”

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

“Card players have a saying: It’s all right to play if you keep your eyes on the deck – which is another way of saying, eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”

“Cock your hat – angles are attitudes.”

“Dare to wear the foolish clown face.”

“Don’t get even, get mad.”

“Don’t hide your scars. They make you who you are.”

“Don’t respond to negativity with more negativity. Just put your head down and prove your critics wrong.”

“Fear is the enemy of logic.”

“Fly me to the moon, let me play among the stars.”

“For what is a man, what has he got. If not himself, then he has naught.”

“Go fool yourself, if you will, I just haven’t got the time.”

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

“I believe in you and me. I’m like Albert Schweitzer and Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein in that I have a respect for life–in any form. I believe in nature, in the birds, the sea, the sky, in everything I can see or that there is real evidence for. If these things are what you mean by God, then I believe in God.”

“I believe that God knows what each of us wants and needs. It’s not necessary for us to make it to church on Sunday to reach Him. You can find Him anyplace.”

“I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way.”

“I feel sorry for people who don’t drink, because when they wake up in the morning, that is the best they are going to feel all day.”

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

“I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I know.”

“I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family – and I don’t think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.”

“I’m for whatever gets you through the night.”

“I’m gonna live till I die.”

“I’m just a singer, Elvis was the embodiment of the whole American culture.”

“I’m not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I’m not looking for the secret to life. I just go on from day to day, taking what comes.”

“I’m supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I’ve flunked more often than not. I’m very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don’t understand them.”

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

“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.”

“If you don’t know the guy on the other side of the world, love him anyway because he’s just like you. He has the same dreams, the same hopes and fears. It’s one world, pal. We’re all neighbors.”

“If you possess something but you can’t give it away, then you don’t possess it… it possesses you.”

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

“Love is when you want to sing every day and night. Without fee and a manager.”

“May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.”

“Nothing anybody’s said or written about me ever bothers me, except when it does.”

“Orange is the happiest color.”

“People often remark that I’m pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you’ve got to have talent and know-how to use it.”

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

“Regrets, I’ve had a few; But then again, too few to mention.”

“Stay alive, stay active, and get as much practice as you can.”

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

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

“The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.”

“Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing – if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail.”

“What formula? I never had one, so I couldn’t say what the main ingredient is. I think everybody who’s successful in this business has one common ingredient—the talent God gave us. The rest depends upon how it’s used”

“What I do with my life is of my own doing. I live it the best way I can.”

“Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I’m honest.”

“You gotta love livin’, baby, ’cause dyin’ is a pain in the ass.”

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

“You only go around once, but if you play your cards right, once is enough.”

“You only live once…”

“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.”

“The best revenge is massive success.”