Top 50 Quotes & Sayings by Irving Berlin

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

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

There's no people like show people.

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.

I got lost but look what I found.

After you get what you want you don't want it.

Talent is only the starting point.

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

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

There's no business like show business.

Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.

You're not sick you're just in love.

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

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

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

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.

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

Gos bless America, my home sweet home.

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

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.

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.

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

Popular music is popular because a lot of people like it.

God bless America, land that I love.

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

We got to keep on being a success.

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

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

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.

Talent is only a starting point.

Let's face the music and dance.

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.

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!

There may be trouble ahead - But while there's moonlight, and music, and love, and romance -Let's face the music and dance.

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.

All alone by the telephone.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The song is ended, but the melody lingers on.

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

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

Dancing cheek to cheek.

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

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

I've got my love to keep me warm.