Irving Berlin Quotes - Page 2

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

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

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

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.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, Just like the ones I used to know, Where the tree tops glisten And children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow.

Let's face the music and dance.

All alone by the telephone.

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

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

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

There's no business like show business.

God bless America, land that I love.

Talent is only a starting point.

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

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

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

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

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.

I've got my love to keep me warm.

We got to keep on being a success.

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

Dancing cheek to cheek.