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27 Mind-Blowing Quotes By Danny Kaye That You Cannot Omit

Famous As: Actor, Comedian and Singer
Born On: January 18, 1911
Died On: March 3, 1987
Born In: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died At Age: 76
David Daniel Kaminsky, renowned by his screen name Danny Kaye, was a popular American actor, dancer, musician and comedian. Besides that, he was also a Chinese Chef, symphony orchestra conductor, a baseball owner and a jet pilot.  Above all, Danny was one the best actors in the history of Hollywood. Some of his notable movies include ‘The Kid From Brooklyn’, ‘The Court Jester’, ‘Hans Christian Anderson’, ‘White Christmas’, ‘and ‘Inspector General’. Kaye was very fond of music and his music was seen ruling the Billboard hits. Cooking, flying, Baseball and medicine, Kaye had tried his hands at everything. He was also a philanthropist. He was presented with the ‘Presidential Medal Of Freedom’ posthumously by President Ronald Reagan. He was also knighted by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. Following is the repository of some popular quotations and sayings by the legend that viewed life as a big canvas and painted it beautifully. Take a look at the quotes and thoughts by Danny Kaye.
Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can.

Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can.

Danny Kaye
The secret of staying fresh in a show is to remember that the audience you're playing for that night has never seen it before.

The secret of staying fresh in a show is to remember that the audience you're playing for that night has never seen it before.

Danny Kaye
When what's left of you gets around to what's left to be gotten, what's left to be gotten won't be worth getting whatever it is you've got left.

When what's left of you gets around to what's left to be gotten, what's left to be gotten won't be worth getting whatever it is you've got left.

Danny Kaye
Some woman are more interested in what they look like than what they are. If they more interested in what they are, they would look better.

Some woman are more interested in what they look like than what they are. If they more interested in what they are, they would look better.

Danny Kaye
The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!

The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!

Danny Kaye
Children are the same the world over. They may have a different culture, but an ache or a laugh is universal.

Children are the same the world over. They may have a different culture, but an ache or a laugh is universal.

Danny Kaye

I believe deeply that children are more powerful than oil, more beautiful than rivers, more precious than any other natural resource a country can have. I feel that the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my life is to be associated with UNICEF.

Danny Kaye
When I stopped making films, they were getting on to the more realistic films and the explicit films and all. They were depicting life as it is, and some of it was unpleasant. I gradually moved away from that.

When I stopped making films, they were getting on to the more realistic films and the explicit films and all. They were depicting life as it is, and some of it was unpleasant. I gradually moved away from that.

Danny Kaye
A jester unemployed is nobodys fool.

A jester unemployed is nobodys fool.

Danny Kaye
I wasn't born a fool. It took work to get this way.

I wasn't born a fool. It took work to get this way.

Danny Kaye
I'm just an entertainer. All I want to be is funny. I never aspired to play Hamlet.

I'm just an entertainer. All I want to be is funny. I never aspired to play Hamlet.

Danny Kaye
You bet I arrived overnight. Over a few hundred nights in the Catskills, in vaudeville, in clubs and on Broadway.

You bet I arrived overnight. Over a few hundred nights in the Catskills, in vaudeville, in clubs and on Broadway.

Danny Kaye
An unemployed jester is nobody's fool.

An unemployed jester is nobody's fool.

Danny Kaye
Housewives spend more money than their husbands make, so that other people think their husbands earn more money than they really do.

Housewives spend more money than their husbands make, so that other people think their husbands earn more money than they really do.

Danny Kaye
I can't say what Danny Kaye is like in private life. There are too many of them.

I can't say what Danny Kaye is like in private life. There are too many of them.

Danny Kaye
I became an entertainer not because I wanted to but because I was meant to.

I became an entertainer not because I wanted to but because I was meant to.

Danny Kaye
Thumbelina what's the difference if you're very small? When your heart is full of love you're nine feet tall!

Thumbelina what's the difference if you're very small? When your heart is full of love you're nine feet tall!

Danny Kaye
After all is said and done, its usually the wife who has said it and the husband who has done it.

After all is said and done, its usually the wife who has said it and the husband who has done it.

Danny Kaye
Draw a circle, not a heart, around the one you love because a heart can break but a circle goes on forever.

Draw a circle, not a heart, around the one you love because a heart can break but a circle goes on forever.

Danny Kaye
I am a wife-made man.

I am a wife-made man.

Danny Kaye
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

Danny Kaye
I feel that the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my life is to be associated with UNICEF.

I feel that the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my life is to be associated with UNICEF.

Danny Kaye
To travel is to take a journey into yourself

To travel is to take a journey into yourself

Danny Kaye
The greatest natural resource that any country can have is its children.

The greatest natural resource that any country can have is its children.

Danny Kaye
Life's one big great canvas; you should throw all the paint on it you can,

Life's one big great canvas; you should throw all the paint on it you can,

Danny Kaye
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can on it.

Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can on it.

Danny Kaye
Life is a great big canvas; throw all tje paint you can at it.

Life is a great big canvas; throw all tje paint you can at it.

Danny Kaye