Irving Berlin famous quotes

After you get what you want you don't want it.
-- Irving Berlin

#Want #What You Want

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

#Life #Attitude #Famous Inspirational

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

#Music #New York #East

Talent is only the starting point.
-- Irving Berlin

#Music #Talent #Starting

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

#Gratitude #Sleep #Blessing

Talent is only a starting point.
-- Irving Berlin

#Talent #Starting

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

#Easter #Parades #Bonnets

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

#Inspirational #Success #Motivational Sports

The song is ended, but the melody lingers on...
-- Irving Berlin

#Song #Prayer #Memorial

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

#Funny #Truth #Ideas

God bless America, land that I love, Stand beside her, and guide her, Through the night, with the light from above, From the mountains, to the prairies To the oceans, white with foam God bless America, my home sweet home, God bless America! My Home Sweet Home!
-- Irving Berlin

#Sweet #Ocean #Home

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

#Song #Writing #Air

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

#Christmas #Dream #White

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

#Long #Done #Sun

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.
-- Irving Berlin

#Inspirational #Motivational #Positive

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

#Thinking #Important #Lines

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

#Night #Light #Land

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

#Falling In Love #Fall #Love Is

I've got my love to keep me warm.
-- Irving Berlin

Anything you can do I can do better, I can do anything better than you.
-- Irving Berlin

#Competition

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

#Song #Hate #Kids

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

#Lying #February

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

#World #Socialism #Marxism

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.
-- Irving Berlin

#Positive #Happiness #Thanksgiving

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.
-- Irving Berlin

#Coffee #Food #Pie

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.
-- Irving Berlin

#Christmas #Dream #Children

There's no business like show business.
-- Irving Berlin

#Business #Shows #Show Business

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.
-- Irving Berlin

#Christmas #Dream #Writing

Let's face the music and dance.
-- Irving Berlin

#Dance #Faces #Music And Dance

Gos bless America, my home sweet home.
-- Irving Berlin

#Sweet #4th Of July #Home

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.
-- Irving Berlin

#Song #Hate #Kids

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

#Love #Girl #Night

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.
-- Irving Berlin

#Success #Congratulations #Talent

Lord help the mister that comes between me and my sister...
-- Irving Berlin

#Brother #Sibling #Helping

You're not sick you're just in love.
-- Irving Berlin

#Get Well #Sick

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

#Lying #Ocean #Love You

Dancing cheek to cheek.
-- Irving Berlin

#Dancing #Ballet

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

#Heart #Heaven #Speak

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

#Song #Hate #Patriotic

Blue skies Smiling at me Nothing but blue skies Do I see Bluebirds Singing a song Nothing but bluebirds All day long
-- Irving Berlin

#Song #Blue #Sky

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

#Talent #Starting

We got to keep on being a success.
-- Irving Berlin

#Success

God bless America, land that I love.
-- Irving Berlin

#Land #America #God Bless

All alone by the telephone.
-- Irving Berlin

#Solitude #Telephones #All Alone