All Ira Gershwin Quotes
- 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… Baby
- What usually comes first is the contract. Agreement
- A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O. Inspirational
- Oh, lady be good To me. Funny
- I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man- Who could ask for anything more? Ask
- Life is one long jubilee. Inspirational
- I'd like to add her initial to my monogram... Add
- The future of this nation, with the present generation, You must admit is nothing but a joke Admit
- If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so merry, It's just because I'm so misunderstood. When I was young I ate a dictionary, And that… Absorbed
- 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,… Baby
- There's a somebody I'm longing to see, I hope that he, turns out to be, someone to watch over me. Hope
- 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… All
- Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky... Nice work if you can get it And you can get it -- if you try. Hands
- S wonderful! 'S marvelous! That you should care for me! Care
- Love is sweeping the country. Country
- One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them. Agree
- Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. Baptism
- Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair. Adds
- But the age of miracles hadn't passed. Age
- When love walked in with you. Love
- I got daisies In green pastures. Daisies