Top 35 Irving Berlin Quotes (2024 Update)

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

— Irving Berlin

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2. “The song is ended, but the melody lingers on...”

— Irving Berlin

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3. “God bless America, land that I love.”

— Irving Berlin

4. “How much do I love you? I’ll tell you no lie. How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?”

— Irving Berlin

5. “There’s no business like show business.”

— Irving Berlin

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

— Irving Berlin

7. “There may be trouble ahead – But while there’s moonlight, and music, and love, and romance -Let’s face the music and dance.”

— Irving Berlin

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8. “The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success.”

— Irving Berlin

9. “They say that falling in love is wonderful, it’s wonderful, so they say.”

— Irving Berlin

10. “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

11. “When I’m worried and I can’t sleep I count my blessings instead of sheep.”

— Irving Berlin

12. “Let’s face the music and dance.”

— Irving Berlin

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

— Irving Berlin

14. “Talent is only the starting point.”

— Irving Berlin

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

— Irving Berlin

16. “In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, you’ll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade.”

— Irving Berlin

17. “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know.”

— Irving Berlin

18. “Talent is only a starting point in business. You’ve got to keep working that talent.”

— Irving Berlin

19. “I’ve got my love to keep me warm.”

— Irving Berlin

20. “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

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

— Irving Berlin

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

— Irving Berlin

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

— Irving Berlin

24. “Lord help the mister that comes between me and my sister...”

— Irving Berlin

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

— Irving Berlin

26. “All alone by the telephone.”

— Irving Berlin

27. “After you get what you want you don’t want it.”

— Irving Berlin

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

— Irving Berlin

29. “It’s February the 22ndAnd I can’t tell a lie.”

— Irving Berlin

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

— Irving Berlin

31. “Dancing cheek to cheek.”

— Irving Berlin

32. “You’re not sick you’re just in love.”

— Irving Berlin

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

— Irving Berlin

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

— Irving Berlin

35. “We got to keep on being a success.”

— Irving Berlin

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

— Irving Berlin

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

— Irving Berlin

38. “You cannot make your shimmy shake on tea.”

— Irving Berlin

39. “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