Ira Gershwin Quotes

A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O.

Life is one long jubilee.

I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man- Who could ask for anything more?

One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.

Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.

What usually comes first is the contract.

But the age of miracles hadn't passed.

Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky... Nice work if you can get it And you can get it -- if you try.

I'm bidin' my time, 'Cause that's the kinda guy I'm.

The future of this nation, with the present generation, You must admit is nothing but a joke

Summertime And the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin', and the cotton is high.

Love is sweeping the country.

Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high. Oh, yo' daddy's rich, and yo' ma' is good-lookin', So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry.

S wonderful! 'S marvelous! That you should care for me!

I'd like to add her initial to my monogram.

There's a somebody I'm longing to see, I hope that he, turns out to be, someone to watch over me.

The way you wear your hat, The way you sip your tea, The mem'ry of all that -- No, no! They can't take that away from me!

They all laughed at Christopher Columbus When he said the world was round.

In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble.

I got daisies In green pastures.

If you'll promise not to cry, Baby, I will kiss you by-and-by—Maybe! Though you're six feet three, You will always be Nothing but a Baby, dear, to me.

Aladdin's lamp is mine.

I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood.

Oh, lady be good To me.

I'd like to add her initial to my monogram...