Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwinwas an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSongwriter
Date of Birth6 December 1896
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
adds age age-and-aging contempt due inspired respect takes
Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.
lamps aladdins-lamp mines
Aladdin's lamp is mine.
world columbus public-opinion
They all laughed at Christopher Columbus When he said the world was round.
music agreement very-happy
One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.
generations nations jokes
The future of this nation, with the present generation, You must admit is nothing but a joke
nice hands sky
Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky... Nice work if you can get it And you can get it -- if you try.
long jubilee life-is
Life is one long jubilee.
music men rhythm
I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man- Who could ask for anything more?
be-good
Oh, lady be good To me.
music country love-is
Love is sweeping the country.
summer baby daddy
Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high. Oh, yo' daddy's rich, and yo' ma' is good-lookin', So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry.
music baptism suffering
Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.