Quotes from Ira Gershwin

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

Love is sweeping the country.

Oh, lady be good To me.

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

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

Life is one long jubilee.

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

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.

In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble.

I'd like to add her initial to my monogram...

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

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

But the age of miracles hadn't passed.

A foggy day in London TownHad me low and had me down.I viewed the morning with alarm.The British Museum had lost its charm.

In time the Rockies may crumble,Gibraltar may tumble(They're only made of clay),But our love is here to stay.

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice it whitens only the hair.

Nice work if you can get it,And you can get it if you try.

'S wonderful! 'S marvelous—You should care for me!

You say eether and I say eyether,You say neether and I say nyther;Eether, eyether, neether, nyther—Let's call the whole thing off!

It ain't necessarily so—The things that you're liableTo read in the Bible—It ain't necessarily so.

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

I got plenty of nothin',And nothin's plenty for me.

Of thee I sing, baby,You have got that certain thing, baby,Shining star and inspirationWorthy of a mighty nation,Of thee I sing!

Oh, lady be goodTo me.