#hammers

We never thought we were writing for posterity, because at the time everyone assumed that all the great standards had already been written by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein... The songs we were writing were supposed to be temporary things, of the period, like comic books. ↗

— Mike Stoller

#assumed #because #been #berlin #books

Sure, things could always have been done better, but I just wish people would drop their political hammers for a few weeks, as happened in 2001, and work on the problem at hand. ↗

— Mitch Daniels

#been #better #could #done #drop

And what could be a hotter ticket than the improbable triumph of 'The Book of Mormon,' the musical-comedy moon shot of the season? Its creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, of Comedy Central's 'South Park,' are the most unlikely Rodgers and Hammerstein team ever to bowl a thundering strike. ↗

— James Wolcott

#bowl #central #comedy #could #creators

There's the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can't shower off. ↗

— Mariska Hargitay

#just #occasional #off #script #shower

When I read the script sometimes, it's like 'Christ! Enough!' I can't sleep at night sometimes. There's the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can't shower off. ↗

— Mariska Hargitay

#enough #hammers #i #just #like

It's kind of hard to get deep with Rodgers and Hammerstein. I can't think of a moral in the music - it's just fun. ↗

— Jeff Long

#fun #get #hammerstein #hard #i

Time passed by. I had furnished steam hammers to the principal foundries in England. I had sent them abroad, even to Russia. At length it became known to the Lords of the Admiralty that a new power in forging had been introduced. ↗

— James Nasmyth

#became #been #england #even #forging

Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's great truth in the songs, and that's what was so wonderful to find. ↗

— Bernadette Peters

#everything #find #great #great truth #hammerstein

I feel very fortunate to have been associated with people such as Rodgers and Hammerstein. I think they were geniuses of their time. ↗

— Shirley Jones

#been #feel #fortunate #geniuses #hammerstein

You’re all alone. No one wants you anymore. How long did you think we would all stay? You’ve killed each and every person who ever loved you. Even your children won’t want you. They will see what you have done. You must be the first ward in history to treat your guardian so badly that he left you. Do you think your mistress will stay? No. Elizabeth will take what she wanted and then she will leave you too. ↗

— S.K.N. Hammerstone

#skn-hammerstone #the-deceived #vessel-of-souls #ya #ya-horror