Frank Sinatra

Music American 1915 – 1998 100 quotes

An American singer and actor, one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century, known for his smooth vocal style and charismatic stage presence.

Quotes by Frank Sinatra

The best is yet to come and babe, won't it be fine?

Song: The Best Is Yet to Come 1964

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

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Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy.

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

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I'm for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniel's.

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A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.

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

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Basically, I'm a one-for-the-road man. I have a drink, and I'm gone.

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Rock 'n' roll is the most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.

Interview with the London Daily Mirror 1957

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

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Don't get even, get ahead.

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I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.

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I'm not a singer who acts. I'm an actor who sings.

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The best way to get over a woman is to get under another one.

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I'm an eighteen-karat manic-depressive. I've been up and I've been down more times than a whore's drawers.

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An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening.

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I love to sing, and I love to make people happy.

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I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

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Take a deep breath and let it go.

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I don't know what makes a good man, but I know what makes a bad one: a man who doesn't keep his word.

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