Ira Gershwin Quotes & Sayings

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

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

Oh, lady be good To me. — Ira Gershwin

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

But the age of miracles hadn't passed. — Ira Gershwin

Aladdin's lamp is mine. — Ira Gershwin

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

What usually comes first is the contract. — Ira Gershwin

In time the Rockies may crumble,
Gibraltar may tumble. — 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

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

S wonderful! 'S marvelous!
That you should care for me! — Ira Gershwin

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

Love is sweeping the country. — Ira Gershwin

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

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

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. — Ira Gershwin

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. — Ira Gershwin

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

I'd like to add her initial to my monogram... — Ira Gershwin

Life is one long jubilee. — Ira Gershwin

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

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! — Ira Gershwin

Damn it all! What rhymes with rhythm? — Ira Gershwin

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

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. — Ira Gershwin