"Old age adds to the respect due to……" — Ira Gershwin
"Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair."
—
Ira Gershwin
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
21 Quotes by Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin has 21 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high. Oh, yo' daddy's rich, and…
-
What usually comes first is the contract.
-
A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O.
-
Oh, lady be good To me.
-
I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man- Who could ask for anything more?
-
Life is one long jubilee.
-
I'd like to add her initial to my monogram...
-
The future of this nation, with the present generation, You must admit is nothing but a joke
-
If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so merry, It's just because I'm so misunderstood. When I was young I…
-
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…
-
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!…
See all 21 quotes by Ira Gershwin »
More Adds Quotes
This quote is filed under Adds Quotes,
one of 421 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
For horror movies, color is reassuring because, at least in older films, it adds to the fakey-ness.
— Lynda Barry
-
Passion is what adds so much value to life. And if you think about the things that you do, there's…
— Mario Batali
-
Stuffing is evil. Stuffing adds mass, so it slows the cooking. That's evil because the longer the bird cooks, the…
— Alton Brown
-
It's estimated that across Africa 100 elephants are killed for their tusks every day. It takes nothing more than simple…
— Graydon Carter
-
One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.
— Paul Cezanne
-
My body is damaged from music in two ways. I have a red irritation in my stomach. It's psychosomatic, caused…
— Kurt Cobain
-
Any man who can write a page of living prose adds something to our life, and the man who can,…
— Raymond Chandler
-
Prayer, like faith, obtains promises, enlarges their operation, and adds to the measure of their results.
— Edward McKendree Bounds
-
A very common flower adds generosity to beauty. It gives joy to the poor, to the rude, and to the…
— Henry Ward Beecher
-
There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement…
— Richard P. Feynman
-
On a moonlit night, after a snowfall, or under cherry blossoms, it adds to our pleasure if, while chatting at…
— Yoshida Kenko
-
I've heard people say putting is 50 percent technique and 50 percent mental. I really believe it is 50 percent…
— Chi Chi Rodriguez
See all 421 Adds Quotes »