35 Quotes by Ira Gershwin

Oh, lady be good To me.

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

Life is one long jubilee.

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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