Top quotes by Ira Gershwin

Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. Votes: 12

Love is sweeping the country. Votes: 9

Life is one long jubilee. Votes: 9

A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O. Votes: 7

They all laughed at Christopher Columbus When he said the world was round. Votes: 6

Oh, lady be good To me. Votes: 6

Summertime And the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin', and the cotton is high. Votes: 6

One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them. Votes: 5

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. Votes: 4

Aladdin's lamp is mine. Votes: 3

The future of this nation, with the present generation, You must admit is nothing but a joke Votes: 3

I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood. Votes: 3

There's a somebody I'm longing to see, I hope that he, turns out to be, someone to watch over me. Votes: 3

Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky... Nice work if you can get it And you can get it -- if you try. Votes: 3

I'd like to add her initial to my monogram... Votes: 2

But the age of miracles hadn't passed. Votes: 0

What usually comes first is the contract. Votes: 0

I'm bidin' my time, 'Cause that's the kinda guy I'm. Votes: 0

I got daisies In green pastures. Votes: 0

In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble. Votes: 0

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 did not do me a bit of good. For I've absorbed so many words and phrases"” They drive me dizzy when I want to speak. I start explaining but each person gazes As if I spoke in Latin or in Greek. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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! Votes: 0

S wonderful! 'S marvelous! That you should care for me! Votes: 0

I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man- Who could ask for anything more? Votes: 0