Johnny Mercer quotes

" You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive E-lim-i-nate the negative And latch on to the affirmative. Don't mess with mister inbetween. " # Winners and Winning # Attitude # Affirmation

" From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, wherever the four winds blow I been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk, but there is one thing I know A woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night. " # Marriage # Love # Life and Living

" Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer. Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer. Lead us lest too far we wander. Love's sweet voice is calling yonder. " # Love # Happiness # Friends and Friendship

" So you met someone who set you back on your heels - goody, goody You met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody " # Forgiveness # Love # Writers and Writing

" Skylark, Have you seen a valley green with Spring Where my heart can go a-journeying, Over the shadows in the rain To a blossom covered lane? And in your lonely flight, Haven't you heard the music in the night, Wonderful music, Faint as a will-o-the-wisp, Crazy as a loon, Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon. " # Time and Time Management # Love # Death and Dying

" I remember too, a distant bell... and stars that fell... like the rain out of the blue. " # Love Ended # Love # Books - Reading

" When my life is through And the angels ask me to recall The thrill of them all Then I shall tell them I remember you " # Memory # Love # Angels

" Cigarette holder, which wigs me, over her shoulder she digs me: Out cattin' that Satin Doll. " # Smoking # Babies # Teams and Teamwork

" There's a long goodbye, and it happens every day, when a passerby invites your eye to come away. Even as you smile a quick hello you let her go, you let the moment fly... Too late you turn your head, you know you've said the Long Goodbye. " # Smile # Children # Love