32 Quotes by Yip Harburg

Oh, innocent victims of Cupid, remember this terse little verse: To let a fool kiss you is stupid. To let a kiss fool you is worse.

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.

We gotta be free – The eagle and me. see Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Emancipation of Women.

My whole family has been having trouble with immigrants ever since we came to this country.

Follow the yellow brick road.

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

Songs are the pulse of a nation’s heart. A fever chart of its health.

When the idle poor become the idle rich, you’ll never know just who is who, or which is which.

I am one of the last of a small tribe of troubadours, who still believe that life is a beautiful and exciting journey with a purpose and grace which are well worth singing about.