It's a Barnum and Bailey world, Just as phony as it can be...

Did God who gave us flowers and trees, Also provide the allergies?

When the melody touches your heart emotionally and the words hit your brain intellectually, more than likely you'll find you'll have an excellent song to sing.

How are things in Glocca Mora this fine day?

Ira [Gershwin] was the shyest, most diffident boy we had ever known. In a class of lower east side rapscallions, his soft-spoken gentleness and low-keyed personality made him a lovable incongruity. He spoke in murmurs, hiding behind a pair of steel-rimmed glasses..Ira had a kid brother who wore high stiff collars, shirts with cuffs and went out with girls.

Virtue is its own revenge.

The world would be a safer place, If someone had a plan, Before exploring outer space, To find the inner man.