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Pal Joey: The Novel and The Libretto and Lyrics QUOTES

Pal Joey: The Novel and The Libretto and Lyrics QUOTES

1 " He apprisiated my singing I will say that for him altho always asking why didnt I sing like Oh you beautiful doll which you are too young to remember and so am I but the story I hear is that when the Titantic went down (a ship) people sang it or hummed a couple bars and then said the hell with this and jumped the hell off the boat so they would not have to finish singing it. "

― John O'Hara , Pal Joey: The Novel and The Libretto and Lyrics

2 " Well Xmas is coming and the geese are getting fat, please put a penny in the blind man’s hat as the old saying use to go but not that I am asking you to put a penny in my hat or am not a blind man either as far as that is concerned. I never saw the day wherein no matter how much moola I had I could not use some more but I am saving you for a big touch in case I want to start my own band in competition with you (who knows I may be kidding on the level and that would be quite irony if it ever happened?) I do not know why it is that I sound like everything was sharp and I was right up there because if you want the truth and the whole truth and nothing but the truth you pal Joey is on the cake line. That is my way of putting it that I am on the bread line only I am still a little better off. "

― John O'Hara , Pal Joey: The Novel and The Libretto and Lyrics

3 " Well Merry Christmas, as the saying goes. Guess I will have to go to bed for 24 hrs so I dont have to stop hating my fellow men. But that does not go for you, Ted. The best. Pal Joey "

― John O'Hara , Pal Joey: The Novel and The Libretto and Lyrics

4 " A nite or so after I went in Nick’s again and was having a cup of coffee and once more I heard somebody out in the kitchen yell “right” and a couple minutes later out came a jelly omlet and once more Nick looked at me and said could I eat a jelly omlet and I said I could force one and he assured me that there was nothing phony about it but go ahead and eat it and it was as good a jelly omlet as any jelly omlet I ever ate. "

― John O'Hara , Pal Joey: The Novel and The Libretto and Lyrics

5 " Well, Chum, the poor man’s Bing Crosby is still making with the throat here in Chi. but if the present good fortune keeps up I ought to be getting the New York break pretty soon. "

― John O'Hara , Pal Joey: The Novel and The Libretto and Lyrics

6 " As for you my ex-pal you know what you can do and also you can sing for the $20 I owe you. I am making a little trip to N.Y. in the near future and we will have a little talk and you can explain your positon, altho the way I feel now if I saw you now your positon would be horizontle. I might as well tell you I am going to the gym 3 or 4 times a week and not that I need it because I always could slap you around when ever I wanted to. You know what you can do. Your Ex-Pal Joey "

― John O'Hara , Pal Joey: The Novel and The Libretto and Lyrics