Irving Berlin Quotes

“Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I've got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night.”

— Irving Berlin

“The world would not be in such a snarl, had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl.”

— Irving Berlin

Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.

— Irving Berlin

“You're not sick you're just in love.”

— Irving Berlin

“It's a lovely day today
So whatever you've got to do
You've got a lovely day to do it in, that's true
And I hope whatever you've got to do
Is something that can be done by two
For I'd really like to stay
It's a lovely day today
And whatever you've got to do
I'd be so happy to be doing it with you
But if you've got something that must be done
And it can only be done by one
There is nothing more to say
Except it's a lovely day for saying
It's a lovely day!”

— Irving Berlin

“Talent is only a starting point.”

— Irving Berlin

“Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.”

— Irving Berlin

“The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.”

— Irving Berlin

“I got lost but look what I found.”

— Irving Berlin

“Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.”

— Irving Berlin

“Talent is only the starting point.”

— Irving Berlin

After you get what you want you don't want it.

— Irving Berlin

“There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.”

— Irving Berlin

There's no business like show business.

— Irving Berlin

Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.

— Irving Berlin

“There's no people like show people.”

— Irving Berlin

“The song is ended, but the melody lingers on ...”

— Irving Berlin

Music is so important. It changes thinking, it influences everybody, whether they know it or not. Music knows no boundary lines.

— Irving Berlin

A patriotic song is an emotion and you must not embarrass an audience with it, or they will hate your guts.

— Irving Berlin

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know.

— Irving Berlin

“Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent.”

— Irving Berlin

“You can't write a song out of thin air you have to feel and know what you are writing about.”

— Irving Berlin

“God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her through the night with a light from above.”

— Irving Berlin

“Popular music is popular because a lot of people like it.”

— Irving Berlin

“In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, you'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade.”

— Irving Berlin

A pretty girl is like a melody. That haunts you night and day.

— Irving Berlin

“I long to be out in the sun with no work to be done.”

— Irving Berlin

“Lord help the mister that comes between me and my sister ...”

— Irving Berlin

Anything you can do I can do better,
I can do anything better than you.

— Irving Berlin

“A man may be hot but he's not when he's shot cause you can't get a man with a gun.”

— Irving Berlin

“They say that falling in love is wonderful, it's wonderful, so they say.”

— Irving Berlin

“Things that really matter are the things that gold can't buy, so let's have another cup o' coffee and let's have another piece o' pie.”

— Irving Berlin

“Gos bless America, my home sweet home.”

— Irving Berlin

“I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white.”

— Irving Berlin

“God bless America, land that I love.”

— Irving Berlin

“Heaven ... I'm in heaven, and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.”

— Irving Berlin

“I've got my love to keep me warm.”

— Irving Berlin

“Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies.”

— Irving Berlin

There may be trouble ahead - But while there's moonlight, and music, and love, and romance -Let's face the music and dance.

— Irving Berlin

“Let's face the music and dance.”

— Irving Berlin

“How much do I love you? I'll tell you no lie. How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?”

— Irving Berlin

It's February the 22ndAnd I can't tell a lie.

— Irving Berlin

“All alone by the telephone.”

— Irving Berlin

“Blue skies Smiling at me Nothing but blue skies Do I see Bluebirds Singing a song Nothing but bluebirds All day long”

— Irving Berlin

“We got to keep on being a success.”

— Irving Berlin

“Dancing cheek to cheek.”

— Irving Berlin