WIST Quotations

Berlin, Irving -- “A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody” (1919)

Dave — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:51:01 +0000

A pretty girl is like a melody
That haunts you night and day,
Just like the strain of a haunting refrain,
She’ll start upon a marathon
And run around your brain.

Irving Berlin (1888-1989) American songwriter [b. Isidore Beilin]
“A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody” (1919)

Berlin, Irving -- “Cheek to Cheek,” in Top Hat (1935)

Dave — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:28:02 +0000

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 (1888-1989) American songwriter [b. Isidore Beilin]
“Cheek to Cheek,” in Top Hat (1935)

Berlin, Irving -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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

Irving Berlin (1888-1989) American songwriter [b. Isidore Beilin]
(Attributed)
(Source)

Attributed as a comment made by Berlin during a performance of the show This is the Army, Mr. Jones at the Palladium in London in 1943.

Also sometimes attributed to Benjamin Franklin.

Berlin, Irving -- (c. 1980)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Age is no mark of merit unless you do something constructive with it.

Irving Berlin (1888-1989) American songwriter [b. Isidore Beilin]
(c. 1980)