E.Y. Harburg Quotes & Sayings

There ought to be a law against necessity. — E.Y. Harburg

Follow the yellow brick road. — E.Y. Harburg

April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees. — E.Y. Harburg

Follow the fellow who follows a dream. — E.Y. Harburg

When the idle poor become the idle rich, you'll never know just who is who, or which is which. — E.Y. Harburg

Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelter,
worthy of Kubla Khan's Xanadu dome;
Plushy and swanky, with posh hanky panky
that affluent Yankees can really call
home.

Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelter,
a push-button palace, fluorescent repose;
Electric devices for facing a crisis
with frozen fruit ices and cinema shows.

Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelter
all chromium kitchens and rubber-tiled dorms;
With waterproof portals to echo the chortles
of weatherproof mortals in hydrogen storms.

What a great come-to-glory emporium!
To enjoy a deluxe moratorium,
Where nuclear heat can beguile the elite
in a creme-de-la-creme crematorium. — E.Y. Harburg

You'll never grow old,
And you'll never grow poor,
If you look to the rainbow,
Beyond the next moor. — E.Y. Harburg

Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought. — E.Y. Harburg

The Lord made Adam, the Lord made Eve, he made 'em both a little bit naive. — E.Y. Harburg

When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near. — E.Y. Harburg

Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead. — E.Y. Harburg

Leave the atom alone. — E.Y. Harburg