Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Jimmy Durante Comedian

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Feb 10, 1893
  • Died: Jan 29, 1980

James Francis "Jimmy" Durante was an American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor. His distinctive clipped gravelly speech, New York accent, comic language butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He often referred to his nose as the Schnozzola, and the word became his nickname.

Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone. being alone

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

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 thoughts from John Millington Synge

3 thoughts from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 more quotes from William Butler Yeats

28 more quotes from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 views from Dave Barry

27 views from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 other thoughts from Winston Churchill

74 other thoughts from Winston Churchill