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America2 quotes
God bless America,
Land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains to the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless America,
My home sweet home. — Irving Berlin · 1938I like to be in America!
Ok by me in America!
Everything free in America
For a small fee in America! — Stephen Sondheim · 1957Being in love2 quotes
Heaven,-I'm in heaven-And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek. — Irving Berlin · 1935My funny valentine,
Sweet comic valentine,
You make me smile with my heart.
Your looks are laughable,
Unphotographable,
Yet you're my fav'rite work of art. — Lorenz Hart · 1937Optimism2 quotes
Oh, what a beautiful mornin'
Oh, what a beautiful day.
I got a beautiful feelin'
Everything's going my way. — Rodgers and Hammerstein · 1943Look for the silver lining
Whene'er a cloud
Appears in the blue. — Buddy DeSylva · 1920American Civil War1 quote
My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing:
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From ev'ry mountain-side
Let freedom ring. — Samuel Francis Smith · 1832American states1 quote
Georgia, Georgia, no peace I find,
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind. — Ray Charles · 1960Beautiful women1 quote
A pretty girl is like a melody
That haunts you night and day. — Irving Berlin · 1919Beauty1 quote
A pretty girl is like a melody
That haunts you night and day. — Irving Berlin · 1919Christmas1 quote
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know,
Where the treetops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow. — Bing Crosby · 1942Custom and convention1 quote
In olden days, a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking,
But now, God knows,
Anything goes. — Cole Porter · 1934Dancing1 quote
Heaven,-I'm in heaven-And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek. — Irving Berlin · 1935Failed relationships1 quote
When a lovely flame dies,
Smoke gets in your eyes. — Otto Harbach · 1933Falling in love1 quote
Birds do it, bees do it,
Even educated fleas do it.
Let's do it, let's fall in love. — Cole Porter · 1928Flings1 quote
It was great fun,
But it was just one of those things. — Cole Porter · 1935Georgia1 quote
Georgia, Georgia, no peace I find,
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind. — Ray Charles · 1960Hate1 quote
You've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are six, or seven, or eight
To hate all the people your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught. — Rodgers and Hammerstein · 1949Hollywood1 quote
There's no business like show business. — Irving Berlin · 1946Lost love1 quote
When a lovely flame dies,
Smoke gets in your eyes. — Otto Harbach · 1933Men and women1 quote
Anything you can do, I can do better, I can do anything better than you. — Irving Berlin · 1946Moral decline1 quote
In olden days, a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking,
But now, God knows,
Anything goes. — Cole Porter · 1934New love1 quote
I'm wild again,
Beguiled again,
A simpering, whimpering child again-
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I. — Lorenz Hart · 1940One night stand1 quote
It was great fun,
But it was just one of those things. — Cole Porter · 1935Paris1 quote
The last time I saw Paris
Her heart was warm and gay,
I heard the laughter of her heart in ev'ry street cafe. — Oscar Hammerstein II · 1941Prejudice and bias1 quote
You've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are six, or seven, or eight
To hate all the people your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught. — Rodgers and Hammerstein · 1949San Francisco1 quote
I left my heart in San Francisco
High on a hill it calls to me.
To be where little cable cars climb half-way to
the stars,
The morning fog may chill the air-
I don't care! — Tony Bennett · 1962Seasons1 quote
Summer time and the livin' is easy,
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.
Oh, yo' daddy's rich and yo' ma' is good-lookin',
So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry. — Ira Gershwin · 1935Sex1 quote
Birds do it, bees do it,
Even educated fleas do it.
Let's do it, let's fall in love. — Cole Porter · 1928Show business1 quote
There's no business like show business. — Irving Berlin · 1946Silver linings1 quote
Look for the silver lining
Whene'er a cloud
Appears in the blue. — Buddy DeSylva · 1920Summer1 quote
Summer time and the livin' is easy,
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.
Oh, yo' daddy's rich and yo' ma' is good-lookin',
So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry. — Ira Gershwin · 1935The Bible1 quote
It ain't necessarily so-
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible-
It ain't necessarily so. — Ira Gershwin · 1935