Irving Berlin Quotes

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.

Lord Help the Mister that comes between Me and My Sister.

When I'm worried and I can't sleep I count my blessings instead of sheep.

Talent is only the starting point.

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

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

Talent is only a starting point.

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

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

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

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

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

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The song is ended, but the melody lingers on.

You can't write a song out of thin air. You have to feel and know what you are writing about. ... Talent is only a starting point. You've got to keep working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there. ... Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it. ... The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. ... After you get what you want you don't want it. ... Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies. ... The song is ended, but as the songwriter wrote, the melody lingers on.

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

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

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

We got to keep on being a success.

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

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

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

Let's face the music and dance.

There's no business like show business.

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

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

Gos bless America, my home sweet home.

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

I've got my love to keep me warm.

God bless America, land that I love.

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

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

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.

Dancing cheek to cheek.